Posts Tagged With: G&G Tool Chest

Once I thought about the renderings I did last night I realized the missing details were bugging me, so I decided to update it with the missing bits.  It looks more finished to my eye now, although there are a number of things that I’d still want to tweak.  This is close enough for my purposes, and was a good experience getting familiar with SolidWorks 2011 — I had been using the 2009 version because of some other limitations.

So, what’s new in this version?

I added a simple base.  It’s a small detail, but I think it makes it look a lot more finished.  I changed the top so that it has breadboard ends with ebony plugs, and I added the same stylized inlay as on the front panel (silver wire with copper accents and abalone shell inlay.  I had to fiddle around to figure out how to get the abalone inlay to render, but I got it sorted out.  I also added handles on the sides for carrying, in the same style as the Bush Curio Cabinet, more or less.  It looks finished now, although if I build it one day I’ll need to spend more time futzing with the inlay design, and maybe a few other details.

There is a G&G Inlay class at the William Ng school this spring, I’d really like to attend that.  I’d better start saving my pennies.

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I’ve been toying with the idea of building a tool chest for a few years, every since I read Christopher Schwarz’ “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest”.  I thought of building one just exactly as he prescribed, then later thought about a wall mounted option (which I build for the pure efficiency of it) and lately I’ve been toying with building a Dutch chest.  The original impetus was to store my tools, but the wall-mounted chest I build has been working really well for me.  The idea of building a dutch tool chest is just for fun, and possibly to give as a gift for a friend.

I joked about making a “Greene & Greene Dutch Chest” once, and the idea kinda stuck.  I thought I’d draw it up and see how it might play out.  I’d intended to incorporate more details into it, and I might play with it some more, but for now this is enough.

Will I build it?  Maybe, but it’s not high on my list.  I’d want to play with the design more to work out the kinks.

(these are high-res renderings – you can click on them for a larger version)

Dutch Tool Chest, ala G&G

Inlay Detail