Greetings Galoots,
In my quest to get back into the shop and get/stay organized, I recently
completed a nail cabinet. This was adapted from the Chris Schwarz PW plan,
so popular a few years back, which itself was based on the famous cabinet
featured for decades in the background of St. Roy's set.
Mine was produced in pine, with a few scraps of poplar and ash here and
there on the interior (it's what I had on hand, plus Roy's original is made
from several different species). You may notice the rather buxom young lady
featured in the Bock Beer advertisement. This is, of course, the famous
image that adorns Roy's cabinet, though in a smaller, matted format, which
I tracked down in honor of Roy.
Main case - door open.
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I also added a nifty little screwdriver holder to the side to house a set
of wood-handled screwdrivers. I may add a similar setup for my favorite
hammer and a selection of nail sets. Just above that, you will see the
front of an Ohio Blue Tip matches matchbox, honoring the fact that Roy's
original was made from a crate from that particular company.
Main case - side view with screwdrivers.
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Here you can see a closeup of the library card catalog pulls I used in
place of the original bin style handles. This allows me to label the
drawers, in this case with cutouts from BT&C brad and finish nail bags. You
can also see the wonky-ish drawer fitting on a few of the drawers. The top
two rows of drawers were my first drawer fitting in some time and they look
like it, but they got better as I proceeded down through the rows.
Detail - drawer front
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My big lesson here was to be sure to plan ahead. My original installation
point, approximately six inches to the left of where it is now, made it
impossible to open the door far enough to enable the first column of
drawers to be opened more than about 2 inches. Shifting the case over a bit
created a gap to the left, which might be just about the right size for a
new backsaw till to finally house/display my George Wilson-made 18th
century backsaw replicas.... maybe it was a happy accident after all.
Overall, not perfect but eminently usable and a great return project that
got me planing wood and cutting dovetails once again (the outer case is
dovetailed, though the drawers are nailed and glued together). The finish
is paste wax over 50/50 BLO/turps. The shop smells great now.... I didn't
realize how much I missed that smell until it was back.
Best,
Zach Dillinger
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Zachary Dillinger
The Eaton County Woodworker Blog
<https://eatoncountywoodworker.blogspot.com/>
517-231-3374
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