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Hi Ed
I like @alan141 s suggestion to add a riser box bellow your chest. There is no need to change now.
I’ve read a bit about the Seaton tool chest that @etmo posted. I think its obscenely beautifully made. An artwork in itself. Its also really inflexible. Its filled with the very best and most beautiful tools. My tools alone couldn’t compete. Niether do I have a full set of anything.
Chris Schwarz has a till-by-till description of his own single tool chest on his blog which could be useful if you need and keep the same tools as him.
I have most of my tools in a chest with one till and lots of boxes under the till. The boxes keep blade sets or similar tools together. The tools/boxes are squeezed in wherever they fit, but always in the same place. I think the joiners box that you made allows better access and would save me unpacking the whole chest to get at one spare coping saw blade.
Some people seem to keep the tools they use most closest at hand in the top till. But a friend of mine works really well with his tools grouped by type. All his chisels are together, and all saws, all planes, all squares, all meassuring devices are grouped. His are on open shelves, closest to where he uses them. Drawers and tills could be used similarly.
Everyone seems to store and arrange their tools differently depending on what works for them. I’m motivated by the thought that if I cant find a tool, I might as well not have it.