Project Plans For Building Wooden Toolboxes, Tool Chests, And Tool Cabinets In Classic And Modern Designs
Building a tool chest is a great way to improve your woodworking skills and to create a handy storage box for your precious tools.
The below DIY wooden tool chest plans provide designs for a wide range of toolboxes, chests and cabinets along with the complete list of materials needed for construction.
Simple DIY Wooden Toolbox Plans
Here are some simple DIY wooden toolbox plans that will help you build a basic tool chest to easily hold your everyday tools. We used a clear finish on this toolbox, but you can paint or stain it any way you like.
Small Tool Chest Plans
These small tool chest plans can be used to build a simple toolbox from solid lumber or plywood. It is a very handy and portable storage container for carrying your frequently used tools like hammers, screwdrivers, rulers, and fasteners.
Wooden Tool Caddy Blueprints
These wooden tool caddy plans show how to create a handy storage chest that can be easily carried around.
Wooden Ten Drawer Tool Chest Plans
Here are some ten-drawer wooden tool chest plans for creating a well-organized storage area for all your small tools like dividers, pliers, chisels, and screwdrivers.
Wooden Multi-Drawer Tool Chest Plans
These DIY wooden multi-drawer tool chest plans create a storage area for holding a large number of tools. The wide drawer on top allows you to hold longer tools easily. This chest can be made out of pallet wood or plywood.
Rolling Wooden Tool Chest Plans
You can construct a large mobile tool cart with these rolling wooden tool chest plans to hold all your power tools. And you can have them always handy no matter where you are in your workshop.
Cabinet Makers Tool Chest Plans
Our cabinet maker’s tool chest plans let you build a classic design from red oak. The design features a rod that fits into a hole as the lid is closed to lock the entire chest in place. You can easily increase the storage capacity by adding more drawers or making the chest deeper.
Carpenters Wooden Toolbox Plans
Here is a simple tool tote box that can be easily built with our carpenter’s wooden toolbox plans and some plywood.
The handle is placed on swivel bolts so that it can easily swing out of the way and give you easier access to your tools inside. It also has two removable boxes that can hold nails, screws, and other small items that can otherwise get lost under larger tools.
Sliding Door Tool Cabinet Plans
You can build a sliding door tool cabinet with these plans and hang it on the wall next to your workbench. All your bearings, collets, wrenches, chisels, and saws can be kept easily in this tool cabinet.
Hand Planes Tool Chest Plans
If you have a decent collection of hand planes, then building a dedicated storage area for them is essential for organizing.
These hand planes tool chest plans will help you assemble a cabinet that can be hung on a wall or used as a classic tool chest sitting on your workbench.
Pegboard Tool Cabinet Blueprints
These plans for a pegboard tool cabinet will help you construct a compartment that can open into a nine feet-wide storage chest.
Traditional Tool Chest Plans
The classic design of these traditional tool chest plans will help you build a large tool chest for storing a lot of power tools. The drop-in compartment can be stored inside the chest or can be used as a toolbox in itself by attaching a handle.
Curved Tool Chest Blueprints
Here are the plans for a curved tool chest that has a complex but beautiful design. The chest can be made even more beautiful by using a lovely timber like curly maple or walnut to build it.
Large Tool Storage Cabinet Plans
These large modern tool cabinet plans will let you build a chest for safely storing your entire tool collection in one place.
The most frequently used tools are on display right in the front, while the deep drawers store the less used tools.
Follow any of our wooden toolbox project plans and build your personal tool storage chest or cabinet to organize all your planes, chisels, screwdrivers, power tools and hardware in once convenient location.
