Serial # 22 | Spalted Maple Tool Chest with Hinged Top

This is a 24”x 11”x14”, single-drawer tool chest made of spalted maple and red heart drawer sides. The top storage area has over 2,000 cubic-inches of space to easily house an incredible amount of tools. The dovetailed drawer offers ample space to help keep finer/smaller tools organized.
3-sided, had-cut case dovetails (front, back, bottom).
Solid Spalted Maple chest.
Redheart drawer sides with half-blind dovetails
40 hand-cut case dovetails
Lacquer coat with wet sanding
Hand wax finish
40 hours build time
High res pics on our Instagram: rpbasilio

[@user-os7jz1oc5y]

I learned so much from this.Beautifully paced, clearly shot,absolutely no bs-an unfussy video. Well done & it's crying out to be watched numerous times.

[@RPBasilio]

Truly appreciate this comment👊👊. I have found that I truly enjoy watching build videos that don’t contain any speech. Ishatani Furniture is the apex of this. I try to follow this format and eliminate all the “noise” of a typical video. Glad you enjoyed this!

[@zenesis2k]

Great job!
Rob Cosman's Dovetail Tip is Good.
But, End grain+Long grain dovetails has some problem Seasonal Movement of woods.

[@4578simonhi]

This had me confused, I learned the hard way on this.

[@boriscalderon1678]

That’s a beautiful chest and I admire your craftsmanship. The only thing I didn’t care for were the drawer pulls. They seemed too big and I personally don’t think they didn’t balance well with the overall style of the chest. Something thinner and horizontal would have fit better.

[@Maxxxxx85]

Looking great！

[@MASI_forging]

Absolutely beautiful. ☺☺

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you so much!

[@airnashville3883]

Very nice. Great editing and video work too.

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you very much!

[@dirtylegcraftsman2948]

The best one yet! 🔥

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks, Brother 👊👊

[@whitexeno]

Looks great!

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you!

[@jimrosson6702]

Absolutely beautiful amazing work

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you, Jim!

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

Looks like you've been doing this for awhile. LOL! You make it look easy!

[@RPBasilio]

Haha - one might say I spend more time in the shop than getting proper sleep. Lol

[@crashkg]

Beautiful work. Love the spalted maple and red heart combo. Dovetails so precise, nice job.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks!! First time using the red heart, but definitely not the last!!

[@bigkiv47]

Novel idea to dovetail the bottom. Wood movement on this bottom and how it is joined to the box may cause problems long term. Otherwise a very nice job

[@RPBasilio]

Agreed it typically isn’t used in this fashion. Normally I would not do this but this build was a copy of one done about 20 years ago which had the same design. Once I saw it, I had to build it. Lol

[@richparker7778]

Beautiful piece. Thank you for your service .

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you, Rich👊👊

[@TWC6724]

Another stellar build. Great job.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks!! Had a blast making this one

[@Ron-FabandBuild]

Very nice piece. Love your work and attention to detail. Love my Cosman tools also.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks!! And agreed - Cosman tools are absolutely incredible. Love mine.

[@ultraric]

Thank you for sharing! Great work.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks!

[@user-vq3rf4ee7m]

I like the dovetail breadboard ends.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks!

[@user-mn6jc3vm1n]

Very nice. Thank you

[@philaandrew100]

Beautiful choice of timbers and excellent execution of the Dovetails. Only one thing I find that detracts from the piece are the Dovetail layout lines left on the faces. But that is a personal taste thing and therefore is completely subjective.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks, Phil! Sometimes I go back and forth on the layout lines. Some days I’m “for them” and others “not so much”.

[@taylorboyd3308]

WOW!

[@TUZO383]

Very nice. Subbing.

[@RPBasilio]

Thank you! Truly appreciate that!

[@paullegler36]

Yes, beautiful work. Are you a Rob Cosman PHP “student”? Noticed your Ordnance Corps guidon (retired FA myself) and Cosman tools. Really outstanding work.

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks, Paul! Not a PHP member, but pretty much owe all my dovetails skills to that man. Haha

[@cecilferris1163]

3ID, when were you there? Awesome work.

[@RPBasilio]

Yep, I was there from 2001 to 2005 at Ft Benning 👊👊

[@oscardelgadotolosa3819]

Precioso baul

[@RPBasilio]

muchas gracias!!

[@philomenawalsh1696]

❤

[@Rtlechinedelarbre]

Bonjour de France
Joli travail, c’est une très belle boîte à outils, avec de belles queues d’aronde
Félicitations

[@RPBasilio]

Thanks! And love that you were from France and watched this!!

[@MNwineboy]

Is the section above the drawer floating or did you fasten it? I didn’t see it covered in the video.

[@RPBasilio]

Yep. The internal shelf (that sits above the drawer) is free-floating. It sits on small shelf supports. And, until your comment, I realized I didn’t include any of that in the video 🙄. Sorry about that! Good catch!

[@zachgustavison9952]

👍