10 thoughts on “Another tool box to want and wish for…”
If it were mine it would never look that good again.
Oh that’s waaaaaaaaaay too orderly, I couldn’t find anything in there! 🤣
That is why it appeals to me and my slight OCD… love orderly tools. Now, my tool boxes don’t reach that level of perfection but they fit in nicely, I have three tool boxes that have certain tool classification and uses that are together. I don’t cram any old tool any old way.
It appears to be a cabinet makers box. Few have the skill to utilize it theses days I’m afraid.
It’s the Studley Tool Chest. Studley was a piano maker.
It’s a gorgeous piece of furniture, suitable for………a museum display. As for a working craftsman’s tools, it’s very near useless.
In times of NO ELECTRICITY, this toolbox is priceless!
ever stop and think about how long it must have taken to plan the layout of it ?
then making it work. made a simple woodworker chest a few years ago.
planning the layout is not a easy or simple as it seems to be.
and all the wood used in that box was air dried too. not the kiln dried stuff we use today. the tool box is a showcase of the quality of his craftsmanship- his calling card or business card. the was a shop foreman who used to ask guys wanting to get a job with him to make a saw horse, who ever made the best one, got the job.
One name comes to mind, and this name stands alone. Roy Underhill.
Those who know will understand.
I need to start catching his show again, have been busy and remiss. Saw one of a home builders tool box neat and tidy as above.
If it were mine it would never look that good again.
Oh that’s waaaaaaaaaay too orderly, I couldn’t find anything in there! 🤣
That is why it appeals to me and my slight OCD… love orderly tools. Now, my tool boxes don’t reach that level of perfection but they fit in nicely, I have three tool boxes that have certain tool classification and uses that are together. I don’t cram any old tool any old way.
It appears to be a cabinet makers box. Few have the skill to utilize it theses days I’m afraid.
It’s the Studley Tool Chest. Studley was a piano maker.
There is some interesting info here:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/08/the-studley-tool-chest-a-19th-century-tool-chest-which-holds-nearly-300-tools/?edg-c=1
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2013/10/21/we-moved-the-studley-tool-chest/
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2021/05/18/artistic-flourishes-in-the-studley-tool-cabinet/
It’s a gorgeous piece of furniture, suitable for………a museum display. As for a working craftsman’s tools, it’s very near useless.
In times of NO ELECTRICITY, this toolbox is priceless!
ever stop and think about how long it must have taken to plan the layout of it ?
then making it work. made a simple woodworker chest a few years ago.
planning the layout is not a easy or simple as it seems to be.
and all the wood used in that box was air dried too. not the kiln dried stuff we use today. the tool box is a showcase of the quality of his craftsmanship- his calling card or business card. the was a shop foreman who used to ask guys wanting to get a job with him to make a saw horse, who ever made the best one, got the job.
One name comes to mind, and this name stands alone. Roy Underhill.
Those who know will understand.
I need to start catching his show again, have been busy and remiss. Saw one of a home builders tool box neat and tidy as above.