A Tool Chest I'd Like to See

[latexeses]

A friend sent this to me, knowing my father and grandfather were millwrights.

Thought everyone would appreciate the workmanship and attention to detail put into this small space.

It is fun to look into an artisans tools to see how things get placed and try to imagine what the person was thinking when they put a certain tool in a certain place. In this case I am sure it must be "economy of space".

Enjoy,
Rodger

http://www.wimp.com/toolchest/

[my79is2bad]

Drool i'm jealous

[Yahman]

For many years I have admired that tool chest, it's absolutely amazing!

Larry

[CatatonicBug]

The chest itself is amazing, but what really gets me is the thought put into how and where each tool is located to best use the space. That many tools in such a small case is just incredible!!

[DGXSER]

I use to think I was anal retentive, now I think I'm a slob!!! That is just plain incredible!!

[jwhughes3]

Gosh I miss watching Norm!

I have several seasons on VHS from years of watching him , but no longer have a VHS player hooked up anywhere to watch!

I cant seem to let go of those tapes though.


I love that chest and aspire to that level of craftsmanship.

John

[tcoop]

That is some incredible craftsmanship on that cabinet. It probably took longer to plan than to build. I probably only have half that many tools and it takes my hole garage to store them. (I think I need to start using my peg board and yes I AM a slob)

I am curius as to the value of theat tool chest???

[DGXSER]

Shoot I bet there are some tools in there that are no longer available or to be found. Owner probably made some of the tools.

Itwas priceless just to hear Norm admit he had no idea what some of the tools were.

[cywelchjr]

I'd be willing to guess that most piano technician's could give a pretty good idea of what most of the tools are/were given they were made by a master piano craftsman. Having worked as a piano technician for several years I know there were a few that at a glance looked familiar to me, and I'm not as long time in the field as many (my father among them, he's been in the field for over 40 years now, and works with guys who've been in the field longer than that). Some of the tools of the trade are VERY specialized, and some are rather special modifications of mundane tools. And when you get into player pianos (which we rather popular when that tool case was built) there are some even stranger tools used. I actually still dabble in the field a little, doing installations of modern electronic player piano kits into pianos (turns a normal piano into a pretty awesome player piano, reproducing exactly what the artist played when recording the music, and includes backup bands and vocalists). I'm working evenings putting a kit into a grand piano now, should play really nice when we get done. Plays all but the top and bottom 4 notes, and is indistinguishable from an actual person playing the piano unless your looking at it, then the lack of a body is a dead giveaway. .

[Yahman]

You can get more info on the tool chest at the following links.

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masoni...by_studley.htm

http://www.finewoodworking.com/Plans....aspx?id=27038

http://www.finewoodworking.com/Plans....aspx?id=28061

Larry

[mstic2000]

I remember seeing this program on PBS a few years ago. I was really impressed and thought it was really cool. Maybe that's why I remember it. Thanks for posting it.