How to Make a Wooden Tool Chest - Free Plans!

I show you how to make the ultimate tool chest out of 2 sheets of plywood and some drawer slides. This design is very simple to construct and extremely robust. Free plans can be found on my website.

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[garyprice]

Great video and great plans! Thanks for both!!! In the video, you had a layout page for your drawer slides. Would you happen to have a copy of the drawer slide layout that you could attach to the plans?

[daniellez]

I think it's been ten years since I was able to download/ print plans without having to subscribe/ join a mailing list. It's just so decent of you, super cool! Will be telling everyone that will listen!

[oxcart]

Nice build. I need a cabinet like this with many shallow drawers. I like the way you attached the drawer slides before assembling the cabinet and then added the drawers to an upside-down cabinet --- genius! I very much appreciate your inclusion of the plans for this attractive build. Thank you!

[mailleweaver]

For people wondering about the drawer bottom strength: I work at a cabinet shop where we've been building and installing over a hundred drawers per week just like this for years. I've never yet seen one need to be repaired for the bottom coming off. The guides will fail long before the drawer will. It'd be a different story if they were made from boards, but being made from plywood that's not going to grow and shrink a bunch, these will do just fine with glue and staples instead of fancy joints and dados.

[kestrelpounces]

Thank you so much for this!! Health issues have me working on small projects in the house, and I've been looking for a more attractive furniture-like option for tools and supplies. This is perfect!!

[TrailToughTrailers]

Great video!!! I've been building cabinets for over 25 years and have thought MANY times about doing something like this, BUT haven't. I've been torn between whether or not to build an heirloom with dovetail drawers, fancy inlaid drawer fronts, exotic woods, OR keep it simple and effective. You just won me over... THANKS!!!!

Lastly, and most important to me is how you made the video. It covers all the important points quickly without dragging all of us through a bunch of mumbo jumbo nonsense and chatter. You got right to the point and even got to show off a tool. Again THANKS!!!

[rich]

I built four of these identical to yours 10 years ago, they are still in service today except one bottom to my 3/8 size nut and bolt drawer fell out, because I did not use strong enough plywood, but I used some cheap wafer board for my bottoms, where were you 10 years ago?, I am nowhere near a carpenter or cabinet builder but rather a mechanic. I sure could have used your help back then, smile, good video. Thank you buddy.

[AmericasTeamAdventure]

I'll admit this video has kept popping up in my feed. I started it watching one time and immediately became bored. That's on me, not the video. After being in my YouTube feed STILL for another few days I sat down and watched it. I'm glad I did. This is exactly what I've been looking for in my new shop I'm building. Great video!

[ForvoQuizlet]

Really nice, I may make one of these for the craft room. Thanks for going through all the step by step, producing the video and sharing free downloadable plans. No complaints here!

[alanfreedman]

I love the way you laid out and installed the drawer slides. It's going to make my build a breeze. Thanks.

[peternewman]

Love the way you attach the drawer slides prior to assembly. Brilliant!

[Nan]

I absolutely love this Chest. I am a beginner cabinet person. You make it look so simple. Thanks!

[duna]

Installing the drawers upside down a great trick! Thanks for the build.

[videoscrapheap]

Great project! One suggestion: Sand your plywood and trim before installing the trim. Then you won’t end up with those corners that you can’t reach with your sander.

[robertkerby]

Wow, I am absolutely amazed at your well thoughtout plans and your excellent display of Craftsmanship!
Well done, Sir!

[markstevens]

You build efficiently, you video and edit efficiently, worth a subscribe.

I was just debating spending on a sheet metal tool chest w/drawers. Now I’ll build one for less.

[kyungrix]

OMG all the cabinets I've made I ALSO made my drawer pulls very similar to the way you did it. I did the same thing using sheets of plywood for the drawer faces for the consistent look too! I'm just trying to state that I feel a little validation that someone else came up with the same idea so it means that my idea wasn't silly. I've only built 5 projects in my 40+ year lifetime so I think thats pretty cool.

[johnterpack]

I like that this is a design I could feasibly build despite having limited tools. Sure, a tablesaw simplifies things. But a circular saw would do the job. Using the spacer to install the drawers is a stroke of genius. The best thing about this, though, is that it is flexible. I can make drawers to fit my tools rather than having to put my tools wherever I can stuff them. And there's room to embellish/upgrade things to make the box more of a showpiece.

[webadage]

Nice! I enjoyed the "straight to the point" format. There are so many DIY channels where they tell you what they're gonna tell you before they get started, then tell you what they're doing before every move and then show you how they screwed every screw and made every cut. EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL. You however were SPOT ON with just enough clarification and plenty of fast forwarding to the next step. I have subscribed to your channel and requested notifications ALL.

[kelleysimonds]

Excellent! I've been looking at toolboxes lately and, I'm ashamed to say, this never occurred to me. Looks very sturdy - I'll be building it. Thank you.