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    Well, with the pandemic going on and having to stay inside I have been doing 101 things that I never seem to have the time to do (and go figure I still don't have enough hours in a day).

    Anyways, I finally started on the wooden tool chest that I have wanted to build since last year. This is as far as I got today, hopefully I'll be able to start the top tomorrow.

    I need to wait for Amazon to deliver my hardware before I can get any of my drawers in, but I can start designing and making them now.

    I am trying to "build it like furniture" but it is just plywood and milled down 2x4 into a nice uniform thick board. I then routered grooves so that everything slots together nicely. In retrospect I suppose I could have just but ended the plywood, drilled it and then put a decorative frame covering the screws after, but this let me learn some of my tools a little better.

    wooden tool box project

    wooden tool chest project

    2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
    1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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    Looking good.
    08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
    96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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    • #3
      Made some more progress on this. Forgot that I didn’t update this thread.

      Tried my hand planing down some pine and glueing them up to make a table top and I am pretty pleased with the outcome. I plan on staining it a darker color when stores open back up:

      Wooden tool chest out of pine

      2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
      1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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      • #4
        Wooden tool chest out of pineI am waiting on some figure 8 clips to come in that I ordered so I can fasten the top down and not have to worry about expansion and contraction cracking the wood.

        In the meantime my drawer slides came in. I ordered 100lb ball bearing drawer slides. They aren’t too bad, I thought they would roll easier than they do, but they are still pretty smooth. They seem to get smoother with more weight added to them, but I guess I was expecting the same quality that I see in store bought tool chests. I would say the quality is 75-80% of the way there. I will double check to make sure my drawers are not binding ever so slightly. All in all they do work quite nice, I am just being anal.

        I got most of my drawers built, just need some more nice weather to assemble the last 3.

        2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
        1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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        • #5
          Don’t mind the garage, it is currently a mess.

          Once the last drawers are in I plan on making decorative front drawer faces out of solid wood and routering in a nice profile to them. I just need to wait for stores to open back up so I can hand pick some rough wood.

          This whole project has been me learning a lot of new skills that were a result of me drafting this tool chest up on paper myself. I couldn’t find any kind of plans online.

          I figured since it is social distancing time, on my time off I have no reason to rush and can take my time working through figuring out how to best use certain tools and techniques. It’s been a blast... Already if I had to do it over again there tons I could do to save time and energy, but it’s all part of learning!

          2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
          1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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          • #6
            Looking good.
            08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
            96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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            • #7
              Looks pretty cool so far! Don't forget a nice layer(s) of some kind of clear coat so you don't end up messing up the wood it with dirty hands/gloves.

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              • #8
                Wood tool chest made of pinePine tool chest out of wood

                Thanks- ya I will probably hit it with a urethane or a varnish. Need to read up on a few things.

                here are a few more photos. Thinking of doing a redish wood insert into the sides to add a little contrast.

                Some more hardware showed up yesterday too!


                2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
                1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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                • #9
                  Looks great Mike.
                  08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
                  96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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                  • #10
                    How’s this coming along Mike? Any progress?
                    08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
                    96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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                    • #11
                      Pine tool chest stained jacobeanIt’s coming along great! I hope to Varnish it tomorrow.

                      Here are a few sneak peaks of where I am at...

                      Tool chest stained jacobean

                      2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
                      1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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                      • #12
                        Nice, that’s good.
                        08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
                        96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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                        • #13
                          This looks great! What are you doing to protect it? Did you use an indoor or outdoor stain on it?

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                          • #14
                            I have hit it with one coat of Varnish so far. I'll likely hit it with 2-3 coats to get a nice hard surface to try and avoid getting some of the dings I'll likely get in it.

                            We'll see how well it stands up. I used an indoor stain with an outdoor Varnish...

                            2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
                            1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


                            Project Cars | How To Guides | Scratch Repair | Synthetic Oil

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                            • #15
                              Cool Mike, post some final pics when done.
                              08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
                              96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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