Building our new tool wall

The Fine Woodworking shop is getting a new tool wall and we're taking you along for the ride.

[stevebeck]

Looks like some good old Marples blue chip chisels. One of the most good old all around chisels made. When Irwin got them they went to China and you might as well use sharp stick instead. I know, I bought one at Menards just to see how bad they were.

[chrisyannetta]

For your chisel rack. You can divide sections evenly without using fractions if you lay your ruler diagonally on the work piece. If you need to divide an odd measurement into five sections, line up one corner on the 1" and the other on the 11" you now have 10 inches in the middle to divide into five 2" sections. Use the hypotenuse.

[stone.dayton]

Really enjoying all the videos! Thanks Ben!

[jimthesoundman]

6:55 Now some wiremold over that extension cord, please.

[joeleonetti]

Thanks Ben. My tool wall was peg board and I hung things. It made it easy to move things. After 7ish years, things have settled down where I prefer them and what I want on the wall vs. stored elsewhere. If I was ambitious, I'd now convert to some sort of wood like you have as I think it looks slightly nicer than pegboard.

[stevebeck]

Is the shaker workbench that Mike and Matt built a few years ago going to be in the new shop? If not where is the bench at?

[tompolasky]

Fine woodworking is now JR high shop class

[haroldmorick]

Thanks for this! I’ve got some boards up on the basement wall just to do this very same thing. Very timely! Some nice ideas here that I’m going to steal. 😊

[corwind]

I really dislike having to turn the volume way up to hear you talk and then way back down to keep from blowing out my eardrums when the music plays. Please stop this. PLEASE!!!

[TheSMEAC]

Can you guys please put a quick video addressing the trainwreck that site has been since this owner/publisher change? I’ve got crap with Taunton and now with this new company both it seems because of past purchased content and even as an unlimited member it always treats us like we’re not. Also, now there’s a problem with the electronic download version for those of us with both paper and electronic subscriptions.
V/R, Shannon

[jasonchristiansen]

Using the metric system actually disqualifys anyone of their U.S. citizenship. 😆

[mongocrock]

Or instead of metric just use some dividers....