The Nicest Thing I’ve Ever Built | 100 Hour Hand Tool Cabinet Build

Video Description

This wall mounted tool cabinet was built almost entirely with the hand tools it houses. This project took over 100 hours and includes 50+ hand cut dovetails, 35+ magnets, 100+ brass slotted screws, and countless drops of blood, sweat, and tears. Now that the project is complete, I can confidently say this is the nicest thing I've ever built. Behind the swinging panel inside of the right-hand door are some of my grandfather's old tools, including his slide rules. I don't use these tools often, but chose to mount them in my cabinet to honor his memory. The carcass, drawer fronts, and tool mounts are made of African mahogany. The back panels and plane till are baltic birch plywood, and the front panel has a maple veneer. The drawer sides and backs are solid maple, and the bottoms are plywood. The finish used on the carcass is Arm-R-Seal wipe on polyurethane (satin), while I used spray-on lacquer for the tool mounts. The drawers are through-dovetailed, and the drawer fronts are cut from a single piece of mahogany to create a continuous grain appearance across all three drawers. The cabinet is mounted to the wall with two large lag bolts (hidden behind the saw till and plane till) which are driven into studs. I do not have plans for this build, as I designed it on pencil and paper only, specifically to fit these tools. However, I can provide the rough dimensions. The cabinet is approximately 25" wide, 30" tall, the center section is almost 8" deep, and the doors are around 4" deep. I am currently finishing a separate video dedicated to the saw till, which I plan to post to this channel soon. Thanks for watching. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts, and don't forget to subscribe if you like content like this! ** Want to buy the tools and accessories I use in my videos? Here is my Amazon affiliate store where you can get them for yourself! https://www.amazon.com/shop/dkbuilds -------------- Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dkbuilds Check out my instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/dkbuilds Or my facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/dkbuilds/ Or my Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DKBuildsWoodworking -------------- #dkbuilds #handtools #finewoodworking