Most amazing toolchest ever.

[TSWebster]

I wasn't really all that sure where I should post this but I had to share it. Has anyone ever seen this amazing toolchest built by a pianomaker called H.O. Studley?

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/tool_chest_made_by_studley.htm

 

[mdunn]

holy moly!

 

[SRock]

There is no doubt some amazing history in that tool chest as well.

 

[Ceezer]

That is simply amazing...

 

[RazorDingo]

The Studley Toolchest is legendary among both amateur and professional woodworkers. Building a custom toolchest or cabinet of one's own is considered something of a "rite of passage" to woodworkers. Although very few of us ever approach anything remotely like Mr. Studley's masterpiece.

There was a short article about the Studley chest (as well as downloadable desktop wallpaper of it) at Fine WoodWorking Magazine.

Considering how many tools it holds, the famous chest is really quite small; when closed, it is just 9 in. deep, 39 in. high, and just more than 18 in. wide. Yet it houses so many tools -- some 300 -- so densely packed that three strong men strain to lift it.

 

[Monkeydad]

Amazing. I'd like to know how much it weighs when loaded up with 300 tools.

 

[tpoof]

No Circular Saw!!

No Cordless Drill!

 

[_JP_]

Gorgeous!

 

[professorchaos]

There is no doubt some amazing history in that tool chest as well.

+1

I'd love to have a collection of antique tools like that!

 

[s1mp13m4n]

Sorry, I read this and was thinking of a mechanics toolchest. LOL My cousin who is a fleet automotive tech has a very nice Snap-On unit.

 

[TorzJohnson]

Sorry, I read this and was thinking of a mechanics toolchest. LOL My cousin who is a fleet automotive tech has a very nice Snap-On unit.

It probably cost only a little less than the Studley chest.

 

[Hughies_online]

That's amazing!!

 

[Piper Down]

That is extremely cool.

My first thought: My father would have known everyone of those tools and each nuance for its use. He was a master pattern maker.

 

[citizensoldierny]

No BFH, no duct tape and you call it a toolkit

 

[mark the shoeshine boy]

the guy was a Mason, too.....


cool !!!!

 

[DSB]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing the link.