Workshop Toolboxes and Tool Cabinets

Included with this plan are four projects you can combine to make this work center: Basic Cabinet, Flip-Top Assembly, Easy-Mover Mobile Base, and the 3-Drawer Utility Cabinet. Like all of the projects...

This simple cabinet design offers the ultimate in versatility; hence the name. It can have multiple drawers, shelves, or vertical dividers, or a mix of all three. Use it vertically as a base cabinet on the floor or mount it vertically or horizontally on the wall. You decide what works best for your shop.

It is no news that benchtop tools take up benchtop space, even when not in use, and that horizontal surfaces for assembly, finishing, or just tinkering are premium real estate in the shop. This...

This little stow-away offers some much-needed storage and an extra worksurface, but never gets in your way.

Inexpensive materials and basic joinery make for speedy construction of this hardworking shop cabinet. Even the drawers will not slow you down. With their special side/slide hardware, they practically...

Save valuable space by storing your benchtop tools vertically on trays in a roll-around cabinet. The matching tool base makes a perfect mobile workstation. Benchtop tools bolt to trays that fit over...

In days gone by, to become a journeyman woodworker, an apprentice had to pass one final test. He had to use his new skills to craft a tool chest. If his master approved of his work, the apprenticeship...

Every woodworker has some treasured tools that deserve the ultimate in protected storage. They may include a marking gauge that belonged to your great-grandfather or a set of carving gouges you...

For about $165 in materials, build this accommodating cabinet to store a small-shops worth of tools, hardware, and supplies. Made from simple joinery this cabinet is mostly glue and screw assembly. When removed form the cabinet, the drawers nest together for safe transport.

Make these classic toy tools for your kids or grandkids. This plan set includes full size drawings for a portable circular saw, a cordless hand drill and a jig saw.

Now, you can store two benchtop tools in one handy mobile unit. You just flip the top to switch from the portable planer to the stationary belt/disc sander on our swivel-topped tool cabinet.

Savvy storage within easy reach. Extension tables for tablesaws make woodworking easier, but they sure eat up a lot of precious floor space. This handsome roll-away cabinet helps you put that valuable...

This handy wall-hung holster stores your cordless drills, impact drivers, and nailers, while keeping accessories, especially those pesky battery chargers, contained and close at hand.

We put our background to work and designed a wall-cabinet system that works great for organizing hand tools, safety equipment, power-tool accessories, and much more. The cabinets go together quickly, ...

Pamper your hand tools and shop supplies in this elegant home, but elegant does not mean complicated. This cabinet is merely a collection of plywood and hardwood boxes supported by a sturdy base. The base offers plenty of drawer space and by itself makes a compact workbench. And, as a decorative option, we will take you through the process using a router and a hardboard template to add perfect-fitting inlays.

Why settle for a metal or plastic tool box when you can built an heirloom-worthy mobile chest! Quick assembly with the biscuit joint method and only 3 depths of drawers are used for quicker tool set up and assembly of the drawers. Using your table saw, you will learn to fabricate lock-rabbet joints using only a 1/4 inch dado blade.

Put your tools within easy reach by rolling this sturdy cabinet right up to your work area. When you are through, simply close and lock the doors. Then return the cabinet to its storage spot-it occupies...