New Tool Chest

I just finished an old style joiners chest. Thought I would share some pictures.
All done by hand

Dovetailed corners, with opposing skirt and apron.

Saw tills in the lid

Two sliding tills.

And a molding plane till.

The slides for the tills are red oak

The till bottoms are white oak.

The interior is finished with a coat of shellac and waxed. The exterior with three coats of boiled linseed oil and waxed. The main body is white pine. I went from rough lumber to finished product completely by hand. No power tools. I have about 60 hours in it. It took that long because of inexperience. Prior to this I had cut a grand total of four dovetails. The lid is mortice and tenon frame with a raised panel. I ruined six pieces before I got the frame correct. Definatly a learning experience!

That's amazing. And all done by hand. Hats off to you.

Now fill that baby up with old tools.

I'll post some pics of the tools I used later. Camera batteries died while I was taking pictures.

I also have enough to fill it and a one or two more like it

Incredible workmanship, very, very nice!

Very impressive, well done

X2

Well done!

I'm envious. A chest like that is on my to do list but I haven't taken the first step.

Good on you.

Pete

Very nice

Very nice!

Nice. Great craftsmanship

Good work. You should sign and date it, if you have not already.

Keith

Great Job!
That's a neat chest.

Dovetail by hand (the old way) is true craftsmanship. Ya done good!

That is some high end dead tree carcass wrangling right there.

Super fancy. I have no patience for that sort of thing, I'm more of a "get a bigger hammer and hit it harder" kinda guy. Hats off to you.

3X Nice job.

I like it!

Very well done! Congratulations on your project.

Beautiful work, a piece that your family will cherish for generations to come. My hats off to you!

Nice!

I have been wanting to make one for a while. I figured I'd use Baltic Birch ply though.

Nice work on that one

Cheater

I've seen some nice stuff made from Baltic Birch plywood.

I think I said I'd post a picture of the tools I used. Here they are.
This is an overview of them
The bench planes. A fore plane, try plane, and two smoothers,
Mallets and winding sticks. I made these, as well. The winding sticks are to check for twist in the lumber
A 22 inch, 10 point crosscut; a 20 inch, 5 1/2 point rip; and a 14 inch, 14 point tenon saw.
Layout tools, chisels. and screwdrivers. I forgot to include the sliding bevel in the pic.

That is awesome. I’m slowly moving from power tools and lord I am not good at all. I guess getting older I enjoy the tedious chisel work and satisfaction on the rare tight fit. Now the simplest projects are fun again. very nice work right there.....shane

Thank you. I have gotten a lot of help from this master craftsman
Paul Sellers

Nice work.

Very Nice!!!