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Nice work. Good tools deserve dedicated storage.
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Thanks, Bill I agree. I'm trying my best to get my shop organized so don't spend half my time looking for tools.
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Excellent work and those tools deserve that resting place. Reminds me of my own and I would be proud to have yours in my shop along side them.
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The problem I used to run into in making cases for tools...is in the choice of woods used....iron/steel do react to Oak, and other woods with Tannic Acid in them...The acid will react to the metal over time..corroding the metal, and turning the wood black....
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The walnut ones have popular as a secondary wood. They are approx 5 years old. The Cherry one uses pine. That being said many years ago when I got into woodworking, I made a drawer base for tools out of pine. I had some 2x treated left over and used it for the top (this was BC "before computers" so no way to easily research things). Even though it was dry within a week I noticed tools in the top drawer had a light film of rust. Needless to say, that came off and was replaced.
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