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@awesomeopossum74, no I live in Berkshire UK and the hygometer in the workshop is quite acurrate. VCI stands for Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor. It’s a compound that is supposed to prevent the formation of rust (some tool makers wrap their tools with paper impregnated with this compound to protect them from rust during transport and storage). I have three small pots in the chest (in the squares compartment, in the lower till and at the bottom, you may see a black round thing between the planes). They last about a year according to the manufacturer. I considered using a large bag of silica gel to absorb humidity, but I thought that it might cause other advese effects (loose saw and hammer handles etc.).
@btyreman, Thanks for your comment, it’s a large chest indeed. You may find the internal dimensions on my first post. External is about 110cm long, 70cm deep and 65cm tall. The length is determined by the longest saw (mine has a 26 inch plate) plus a few cm for ease of access. It’s not a difficult project, the most time consuming part was to plane down the side walls, because I used studwork timber with rounded edges (the cheapest option I had) and I had to remove the ridges after the lamination (about 1cm total for both sides of each panel).