So you wish to build a toolchest? Look on, and weep.
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custard
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Thanks for posting, I enjoyed watching that.
Couple of tiny points. The article suggests that the toolboxes at Barnsley are floor standing, that's not entirely correct. There are floor standing toolboxes, but there are also wall hung tool cabinets like this one in Oak,
Incidentally, despite being opened and closed several times each day for many years, and carrying a substantial load hung off the hinges, the shut lines on those doors would still put a BMW to shame!
It's also worth pointing out that the tool cabinet featured in the article isn't a particularly complex project, it's hugely laborious and it was built with great attention to detail and rigorous application. But at the end of the day it's all straight lines, right angles, and basic joinery. I'm not disparaging it, the end result is both beautiful and useful. However, it's an odd choice for an apprentice piece, as it would eat up hundreds of hours of precious training time without really expanding the apprentice's suite of skills beyond basic rectilinear furniture. Personally I'd have thought a much smaller project that still incorporated multiple drawers, doors, etc., would be a better stepping stone for learning, as it would deliver all the same skills but free up enough time to also tackle the mysteries of say jointed chairs or veneering.
Couple of tiny points. The article suggests that the toolboxes at Barnsley are floor standing, that's not entirely correct. There are floor standing toolboxes, but there are also wall hung tool cabinets like this one in Oak,
Incidentally, despite being opened and closed several times each day for many years, and carrying a substantial load hung off the hinges, the shut lines on those doors would still put a BMW to shame!
It's also worth pointing out that the tool cabinet featured in the article isn't a particularly complex project, it's hugely laborious and it was built with great attention to detail and rigorous application. But at the end of the day it's all straight lines, right angles, and basic joinery. I'm not disparaging it, the end result is both beautiful and useful. However, it's an odd choice for an apprentice piece, as it would eat up hundreds of hours of precious training time without really expanding the apprentice's suite of skills beyond basic rectilinear furniture. Personally I'd have thought a much smaller project that still incorporated multiple drawers, doors, etc., would be a better stepping stone for learning, as it would deliver all the same skills but free up enough time to also tackle the mysteries of say jointed chairs or veneering.
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Phil Pascoe
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I must admit to being a little baffled by the time available.
CHJ
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I live within a 20 min. walk of the Tunley Barnsley House, the farmhouse associated with the surrounding woodland that I acquire my wood from and several other properties nearby have samples of the craftsman work including spectacular multi floor staircases.
tomlt
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Wow...just wow. I dont think i could ever create something that beautiful even with 6 solid months to work on it.
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custard
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tomlt":2b5yw8lz said:
But you absolutely could.
Most people need about 1,000 hours of training to equip themselves with all the skills necessary to build that tool cabinet. If you signed up for a 9 months "long course" with Peter Sefton, David Charlesworth, etc, etc you'd emerge at the other end perfectly capable of tackling that tool cabinet, or indeed almost any other piece of rectilinear furniture. Honestly, it really isn't that hard.
Alternatively you could train yourself, maybe using someone like Paul Sellers as a guide and knuckling down to 1,000 hours or so of structured self-tuition. But that requires serious discipline, not for the actual woodwork but more to avoid getting side tracked by all those woodworking diversions and rabbit holes...like sharpening, sourcing timber, agonising about alternative bench designs, obsessing over the "ultimate" shooting board, buying a surfeit of poor quality tools, brewing your own finishes, convincing yourself you need complex machinery or jigs to cut simple joints...or any of the other largely irrelevant stuff that prevents most aspiring woodworkers from actually making progress!
AJB Temple
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It's a beautiful piece, but impractical for most. Basically is a chest of drawers and some shelves. Not much different to a fancy kitchen fit. A huge tool cabinet like this weighs a lot and is inflexible if you want to move workshop. Speaking as one who has lived in at least 10 different houses over the last 20 years, I have come to the view that smaller dedicated storage units are better. I would only make something like this if a) I was retired, b) didn't have any other projects and c) didn;t expect to move. It is obviously a nice job though. I would have been more impressed if he had done something more complex - making 30 drawers all basically the same is repetitious not skill testing.
Newer members might like to look back at Waka's magnificent and much admired tool cabinet from 2008. I think it fits all of AJBT's criteria.
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