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267917 <gtgrouch@r...> 2019‑02‑18 Re: Tool Chests
The link worked for me!  

Bill, what species did you use for your cabinet?  Is that pine?  

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

---- Dan Beck  wrote: 

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Bill - I'd love to peep your hanging cabinet, but the link doesn't seem to
be working for me.

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:26 AM Bill Ghio  wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 18, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> >
> > On 2019-02-18 8:59 a.m., Dan Beck wrote:
> >> I am actually still working on the french cleat wall (90% done). So
> far, I'm not unhappy with it, at all. And honestly, in my space and for my
> needs the tool wall makes more sense.
> >
> >
> > I'm starting to plan my own cleated panels, so I'd love to see photos
> when you can.
>
>
> Seems time to re-post my hanging cabinet. It was built when I worked out
> of an urban garage that opened close to the   street, so it had a lock
> installed then and was closed up when left off working. Since moving to a
> nice quiet little town, it has hung open on the wall on french cleats.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../albums/72157632538860794
>
> I also have a bog standard floor chest w/ three sliding tills that is
> perhaps 100 or more years old. I bought for an offer I couldn’t refuse from
> a PATINA tool dealer that didn’t want to take it home again. I use it to
> hold tools that are used less than on a daily basis.
>
> Both solutions work well, but I find the hanging cabinet is more
> functional for me.
>
> Bill
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