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22 May 2017 at 2:02 am #312155
I have been looking at the anarchist tool chest by christopher schwarz and comparing. His is 3’x2’x2′ compared to Pauls which looks to be about 3’x1’x1′. Chris recommends 7/8″ or 1″ thick stock i believe compared to Pauls 9/16″. Is this a function of the use (paul’s appear to be more mobile) or is Chris’s just overbuilt? If I scale it up to the anarchist tool chest size can I still use 9/16″ or should I bump it up?
Thoughts?
It seems unlikely that 7/8″ thick stock is overbuilding a tool chest. After all, it’s meant for a rugged life. And I think Paul is recommending 3/4″ stock: https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/2013/07/tool-chest-project-info/
So the difference is really only an 1/8″ of an inch. Seems more like a difference of opinion as opposed to “one is right and the other is wrong”. Furthermore, Chris is advocating for Eastern white pine, a softwood, in the Anarchist Tool Chest, whereas Paul is working in mahogany, a hardwood. So again, given the extra strength of the wood Paul is using, the 1/8″ difference seems entirely understandable.
@etmo- I think you have the wrong project in mind. Paul builds the joiner chest ( which is what Troy is really asking about) out of a UK pine.
Troy-
Paul does build the chest at 9/16 (1/2 to 5/8 in variation) and as I am in the process of building it I have to say it is really sturdy. Do to the extra height in Chris’s chest, if you want to use 9/16th, I would just add a second banding at around 14″ (His chest is 27″) from the base. That keeps the weight down but should maintain the strength.i’ve built the joiner’s toolchest with european pine and around 15mm thick stock(around 9/16) and it’s a rock. In my opinion is a mobile chest, I mean it is transportable to the worksite, i can move it around myself with no trouble although it’s heavy. I really don’t think a double sized chest in thicker stock could be moved around even in pine.
Now just my humble opinion, almost everything Chris Schwartz does is a little bullshitty, I mean it’s very well explained and written but most of the time of no consecuence for the real handtool woodworker. I mean try to move a 24″deep tool chest made of hardwood by yourself… come on, the whole essence of a tool chest is to be moveable.
anyway my opinion as it’s commonly said on the internet YMMV
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