Wall Hanging Tool Cabinet - Show what you've got!

[Dominik Dudkiewicz]

Hi guys,

I've recently (last 18 months) gone a little gang-busters on hand tools, have nearly everything I see myself needing/wanting and find myself with a need to adequately house all of these treasures.

I'm going to build a wall hanging tool cabinet soon (straight after I finish my masters) and thought I'd get some inspiration from you guys if you would indulge me.

I saw a thread from about 6 years ago with some examples of people's cabinets but I imagine there have been many built since then.

My current thinking is a cabinet about 42" tall, 13" deep (10" for case, 3" for doors), and about 28" wide. Cabinet will be divided up with an open top section about 28" to house bench planes & larger joinery planes, two intermediate hinged frames ahead of those to hold chisels, rasps, measuring & marking tools, and maybe augers, then a row of open divided boxes below that to hold hollows and rounds, shoulder planes etc, and 3 rows of pull-out draws below that for bits and pieces. The doors would hold some back saws on one side and some smaller planes on the other. I quickly realised however that this will leave a lot of stuff out so have been second guessing trying to fit a "mix" of tools in one cabinet and thinking maybe separate cabinets for planes, chisels & rasps, saws etc would be a smarter option, particularly given the inevitable "growth" in tools, regardless of intent haha.


So if you have a wall hanging cabinet and want to show it off, please do. I'd like to get some ideas / inspiration!

Cheers,

Dom

[Randal Blair]

I also want to see more examples. Here is how I store my routers and bits (not counting the one mounted in my table).
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[Mike Heidrick]

Watching with interest too. Mine are in a HF 72" bottom box. Secure, and double ball bearing glides per drawer and easy to control humidity and moisture with desicant. Soon I will have modular slat wall real estate though.

[glenn bradley]

I would do a search here. There have been a few good threads on this and are full of great ideas. I went with a BB ply carcass as I was after utility. The center till and hinged-door "wings" all hang from cleats and can be easily rearranged. Currently one wing is on an opposite wall waiting for me to rearrange a bit. The planned format is to have the till in the middle with a wing on each side. These pics are from early on.

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The pegboard really turned out to be a good decision as this thing has morphed a half a dozen times since going up. The para-cord hangers for the planes has made shifting them around a breeze as well.

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Here's the lonely wing banished to the opposite wall.

[Bill Geyer]

Here's my hand-tool cabinet - I based it on a lot of others I've seen over the years.IMG_2083.jpg

[Dominik Dudkiewicz]

Good work, thanks for sharing. So that's two for the "mixed cabinet" approach.

The problem is; what do you do if you can't fit everything (all your nice, useful tools that is) in? Making one huge cabinet may not look very elegant, and having multiple mixed cabinets (one with your most used, then another one with the orphans / new acquisitions) doesn't agree with my mild OCD. Anyone make a number of matching cabinets for different types of tools?

In any case please keep them coming. Much appreciated.

Cheers, Dom

[mike holden]

Okay, I'll play. This is the wall cabinet as I built it over ten years ago. There is some more fitting of squares and small f-clamps below left, the chisel area is full up, and I am considering a saw till to free up space on the right.
I find this a comfortable way to work (maybe because I am used to it -grin), and because it is so handy, the tools get put away (BIG bonus!)
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Mike

[Bill Adamsen]

Not really a cabinet, but it does provide a level of organization and it is on the wall.

[Bill Adamsen]

Nice work Bill! Inspirational.

[Don Bullock]

Thanks for starting this thread. I’m working on improving my tool organization and storage. This has already helped.

[Patrick Harper]

Here's mine and a link to the build: http://bloodsweatsawdust.com/2016/09...shing-touches/

[Bill McDougal]

I didn't go big or fancy. Had some shelves made out of old oxidized pine 1 x's. I found myself "boiling the ocean" with plans and ideas for tool storage and decided to do something that would be "good enough for now". Over the months, I added doors and holders for various tools mostly made from scrap pieces. I have about $100 into it at this point and really like it. It changes on a regular basis and it's fun coming up with new ideas for it. The bottom drawers hold some old tool boxes for now. My recommendation is to not over think it and just get something going. Woodworking is much more enjoyable when you aren't spending (wasting) time looking for something in a drawer.

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