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tool makers chest or cabnet
wildman692:
so how did you get on did you build one?
krv3000:
HI no not yet I'm slowly gathering the wood i need to mack one hard wood in the UK is rather expensive will let you all no when i start o i need to be careful of what wood to use as sum hard woods will rust steel
Lew_Merrick_PE:
I guess I am somewhat confused as to the difference between a tool maker's chest and a regular machinist's chest. The main thing is to plan out the tools you want to store in any chest and provide fitted, convenient, and safe storage for them. Right?
I have five roll-away cabinet sets. One is a stack of (1960's vintage) Kennedy roll-away, base chest, and tool chest. One is a modified wooden (Gerstner and another brand) roll-away, stand-off, and tool chest stack (the "stand-off" allows me to store a small surface plate on the roll-away base). Two are just "shelves on wheels" that allow me to store portable/hand power tools, but are set to height such that I can mount a workbench top on them when I need an extra bench. And the last is a homemade wooden roll-away with a couple of full-width drawers over a set of shelves -- with shelving attached to the three "open" sides for storing screws, nuts, washers, dowel pins, and the like.
In my Kennedy roll-away, I have one of the (1-1/2 inch tall) full-width drawers dedicated to files. I made dividers out of 3/32'nds inch thick model maker's plywood (what used to be used for R/C aircraft modeling) to separate the files. This is lined with felt that regularly gets sprayed with mineral oil. This was the hardest drawer to develop. The other (1-1/2 inch tall) full-width drawer is similarly divided for scrapers and gravers. Unfortunately, both these drawers have been overrun and I have several "trays" that live elsewhere.
The third (1-1/2 inch tall) full-width drawer is dedicated to scales, squares, protractors, and other general measuring tools. One of the (1-1/2 inch tall) half-width drawers has been fitted to store (0-1, 1-2, 3-4, & 4-5 inch) micrometers, calipers, and the like. The other half-width drawer started out as a screwdriver store, but has evolved to storage for (1/4 inch hex) bits and the like.
I honestly could not tell you how many different "customizations" I have performed for tool chest drawers over the years. All the planning in the world ultimately fails (Merrick's First Law is: Stuff always grows to exceed space available!). My current philosophy is to provide cases for any important tools and store them (generally) on cabinets near their most-used station. I.E. I have a "bench" that lives near my mill. It has (among other things): (1) A rack for (R8) collets, tool holders, and mounted tools (boring bar, tapping head, etc.). It also has a test indicator and "indicol" that hangs in a niche to the side (as well as providing space for my t-slot cleaner). There are shelves on this bench for my 6-inch vise, 4-inch vise, (boxed) tilting table, and (boxed) rotary table. Etc.
Now, what of these are tool maker's chests?
krv3000:
HI yep I have that type of tool chest to and a larger one for big stuff i will post sum pics of my other storage the reason to mack one of thees tool chest is for Small stuff to go in that i yous all the time and to sit on me work bench it will be 12" by 8" by 12" with 4 drawers any way i got this tool chest from a boot sale for a £5 sum pics
krv3000:
HI as promist sum pics of my storage cabnets and things
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