Tool bag. Then put in the appropriate tools for the job being done at the time. Handy, not so heavy, and don't need to lug every tool you own, just to do a simple job. Or one of those open top tool carriers. They could even make their own, as fancy, or as plain, as they wanted.
Portable tool box
So I was thinking a few months already about making a portable tool chest (with each of my boys, 14 and 11 respectively) so that they can put their (unplugged) woodworking tools in. They have a plastic 89liter cargo trunk each, but that is getting heavy I was thinking something for some of the tools only(the essentials). part of the build will be to teach them to make dovetails and other joints, and to use their 043 plough planes and other tools.
And recently even Paul Sellers had some posts about a small tool chest,
I was thinking a Dutch tool chest (maybe with wheels for luggability, yet sturdy on the ground). Luggability so that they can take the essentials to where they are going to work, yet pack it all away when they are finished. Each their own, so that they learn to use and maintain their own tools. I don't want to make it too big, like a cabinetmakers tool chest, because of the portability issue, and the cargo trunks already are big. (Rex Kruger recently showed a very nice one with sliding trays) I have 2 roughly 1.2m x 1.2 m x 40cm cabinets on castors with shelves for my own stuff with doors on each side for my own.
We don't really have a dedicated tool space, and they share a workbench. We plan on moving some time, so i don't want to put in cabinets, etc.
So what are you bunch doing and suggesting?
The below, although an interesting concept, doesn't quite do it for me and wont be sturdy enough. But if the kids were still toddlers, I might have grabbed one
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And recently even Paul Sellers had some posts about a small tool chest,
I was thinking a Dutch tool chest (maybe with wheels for luggability, yet sturdy on the ground). Luggability so that they can take the essentials to where they are going to work, yet pack it all away when they are finished. Each their own, so that they learn to use and maintain their own tools. I don't want to make it too big, like a cabinetmakers tool chest, because of the portability issue, and the cargo trunks already are big. (Rex Kruger recently showed a very nice one with sliding trays) I have 2 roughly 1.2m x 1.2 m x 40cm cabinets on castors with shelves for my own stuff with doors on each side for my own.
We don't really have a dedicated tool space, and they share a workbench. We plan on moving some time, so i don't want to put in cabinets, etc.
So what are you bunch doing and suggesting?
The below, although an interesting concept, doesn't quite do it for me and wont be sturdy enough. But if the kids were still toddlers, I might have grabbed one
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These two are from a recent finewoodworking gallery on tool boxes and benches. I like the tool caddy for a first tool holder. The second one is the Bennet school tool box which is similar to Mike Pekovich's tool box which is what I built(mine pictured). It is a big project. FWW did a video series on the Bennet tool box.
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In my woodworking beginners classes, the last project (doing now) is a wooden tool box but with Dovetails ! some students asked if they could make beer totes instead and I said sure as long as you learn the Dovetails, what you use the box for is not important.
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