Machine Mart do one £138. I have one from Orvis with my fly tying kit in, more expensive and not particularly great quality.

Last year, in either ME or MEW, a guy was advertising bespoke oak toolmakers chests at what I considered reasonable cost.

Sorry, but that's all the help I can be.

could make one

Chronos Tools, in Dunstable, used to sell nice looking ones. A few years ago they were selling some that were a bit sub-standard at reduced price. It may be worth asking if they still have any. There are none on their web-site now, possibly because there not happy with some from that batch. Still worth asking, they always struck me as a decent bunch.

Dick

I've always considered the wooden tool-chests with drawers are for smaller tools – marking-out instruments, small taps and dies, carbide insert sets, small model parts, etc., etc, not for heavy things better off in steel or heavy-duty plastic boxes, the latter of the sort you can buy in the builders' merchants.

Certainly mine (all second-hand!) are – but it's a matter of what fits best where.

Oak? No. It is acidic, indeed it should not be fastened together with mild-steel screws.

Someone did this in the last 6 months and got rusty tools for his trouble.

Hi Gaunless, Amozon have this walnut one, Sealey AP 1608W Machinist tool box with eight draws.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 04/06/2022 07:03:06

Edited By JasonB on 04/06/2022 13:13:01

Neslein, Union, Emir and Moore & Wright are classic British makers but none in current production. Used and restored are often available on eBay and other online sites. Gerstner have produced a budget version of their boxes but not made in America as far as I know and the ones I have looked at were well short of the high standard of the top of the range boxes, probably value for money though. A box in good order will cost a fair bit but compared to a new Gerstner will be more affordable.

Mike

Edited By Mike Poole on 04/06/2022 10:27:02

Yes I'm sorry I mentioned my metal toolboxes in a wooden toolbox thread, but it occurred to me that someone might be sparked by something…………

cheers

Bill

Yes, the tannin in Oak can cause corrosion.

Most of my measuring tools are stored in a red painted metal tool box, bought from Machine Mart, a very long tome ago.

It has a narrow top drawer which moves to and fro as the lid is opened, and three sliding full width drawers beneath.

The sliding drawers are held closed until the lid id fully open. The lid is closed by two toggle clips, and can be locked.

It has sufficient capacity that when full, it can hardly be lifted by the handle in the middle of the lid.

Rather utilitarian compared to a proper wooden toolmakers cabinet, but it does the job..

Howard

I have a set of 'utility furniture' bedside drawers, plus various sets of (gasp) plastic drawers.

Neil