Order “Dutch Tool Chests” (by me!) by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, to get a free pdf with your book order. Until then, the book and pdf is $39. At midnight on Wednesday, the pdf will cost $9.75 extra if ordered with the printed book.
“Dutch Tool Chests” gives you the in-depth instruction you need to build your own slant-lid tool chest (in two sizes) – from choosing materials, to the joinery, the hardware, the interior parts that hold your tools and the paint. Plus, plans for a mobile base that provides more storage and helps you move the chest around your shop. (Oh – and a brain dump on how to cut through-dovetails – the thing I most often teach.)
My goal in this book is to not only help you make a place to put your stuff, but to help make you a better hand-tool woodworker.
But my favorite part of the book is the gallery, which includes 43 chests from other makers, with ingenious ideas for using the chest’s tool bay (or bays). Clever rolling bases. Oversized (or undersized) chests. Imaginative uses of the back of the fall front and or/underside of the lid. And other unique storage solutions and uses that set them apart.
Like all Lost Art Press books, “Dutch Tool Chests” is printed in the United States. The pages are folded into signatures, sewn, glued and reinforced with fiber-based tape to create a permanent binding. The 192-page interior attached to heavy (98-pt.) cotton-covered boards (blue cloth, of course!) using a thick paper hinge. The cover and spine are adorned with a foil die stamp (which won’t help you build a tool chest – but it looks pretty nice, if I do say so myself!).
– Fitz
p.s. If you buy “Dutch Tool Chests” from Lost Art Press, you might wonder about that scribble on the half-title or title page. That illegible scrawl really is my signature – I’m signing every copy that ships from our Covington warehouse.
While waiting for the book to be available in EU bought the PDF and I have to say it’s a great book, love all the details and the gallery at the end. Can’t wait for “real” book 🙂
It really is a tremendous bonus, getting the pdf free with the physical book. Many thanks.
I am curious about the origin of the typo on page#11 in the first paragraph. It reads “1×477812” but clearly is meant to be “1×12”.
Pretty sure I can blame that one on Toby…one of my cats. He was helping me edit (it is of course supposed to be 1×12)
“…you might wonder about that scribble on the half-title or title page. That illegible scrawl really is my signature – I’m signing every copy that ships from our Covington warehouse.”
I’m delighted and privileged to have it. I don’t consider it a deface at all. I’ll be trying to puzzle it out for years.
This is a great and beautiful book. I’ve already built my first Dutch tool chest and promise to do better next time. What shade of blue is the cloth cover? My wife and I think it’s gorgeous.
I ordered one, got it. How do I get the free pdf? 🤔
It should’ve been delivered to your email address after you ordered. If it wasn’t, please send a note to help@lostartpress.com.
Done. My SPAM file wouldn’t go back to 11/11. I didn’t see an e-mail. But I did get the book! 😁
You should have received an email with a link unique to you to download the pdf. Check your spam folder.
Anybody on the fence should not hesitate. The PDF is a nice reference when on the go and the physical copy is a delight to page through at home!
Thanks for the great book. Really enjoying it.
Ordered my copy on 12/9, arrived on 12/13 Amazing, both the delivery (thank you USPS) and the book itself. It is beautifully printed, in a very legible font (I have some vision challenges), and copious photos and clear explanations really hang together. The gallery chapter is so inspiring that the chests I am planning will really benefit. The DTC(s) will definitely complement my ATC. Thanks Megan, incredible work!