Thanks, just watched it on YT. Beautiful work!!

Thank you. I think it's going to work out well. I kind of think that some of the tools that are in it won't stay in it. I will end the process of building with that chest find different processes for for the build might not require but one or two things that I already have in my main chest. And so there will be times when I will take that chest out and sometimes I will take my man chest out depending on what I'm doing. I will there'll be a period of adjustment using both of those chests until I figure out what works. But I'm really excited to have it because it means that I can pretty much work out of that chest when I build guitars and out of the other when I do joynery work like furniture and things of that nature. Thanks for watching I appreciate it.

Hey Mike, I completely enjoyed the video, the sound was great, loved the outside, and I love your shop! Thank you for walking us through the tools, I was very interested in every single one of them and how they applied to your craft.

I like your unassuming style, and laid back demeanor Mike, easy to watch. Keep up the great work and keep those videos coming, pretty soon we gonna have a YouTube influencer in our midst!

Oh ya, the box is a great build! You had mentioned the front lions head latch, you may paint it silver, if I may add an opinion on that, if you really want to give it some shine to get closer to your side handles, how about a little buffing compound, instead of paint, I could just see that paint not lasting too long. Or, perhaps leave it as is, personally I like the old patina on the lions head, even if it doesn't match the side handles. It's all part of the wonderful character of the chest.

Thanks, John!

I would have loved to go more indepth on the tools, but there are actually a ton in that top tray; the video would have been around 40 minutes, lol.

And yeah, not painting that latch.

As far as Youtube goes, all i want out of it is to get people excited about hand tool woodworking. If I do that I will consider it a win.

Edited July 17Jul 17 by Handfoolery

5 minutes ago, Handfoolery said:

As far as Youtube goes, all i want out of it is to get people excited about hand tool woodworking. If I do that I will consider it a win.

And for that, you will succeed, thanks for being out there Mike, passing on the knowledge. 😊

Great chest and a nice video to sum it all up. I thoroughly enjoyed the post.

Thank you, @Zack !

Finally was able to watch the video. Nicely done. Like how each tool needed has its place.

Thanks, Barb!