{"product_id":"dutch-tool-chests","title":"Dutch Tool Chests","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eby Megan Fitzpatrick, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewith a foreword by Roy Underhill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can download an excerpt of this book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dutch-Tool-Chests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dutch Tool Chests\" gives you the in-depth instruction you need to build your own slant-lid tool chest – from choosing materials, to the joinery, the hardware, the interior parts that hold your tools and the paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, the book offers you detailed instructions on how to grow as a hand-tool woodworker. Author Megan Fitzpatrick offers a complete, clear and insanely detailed description of how to cut through-dovetails. Plus a detailed guide to cutting dados by hand. Plus rabbets, simple fielded panels, cut nails, screws, hinges and fitting chest lids. Building your own Dutch tool chest with the help of this book will make you a better hand-tool woodworker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dutch Tool Chests\" contains complete plans and cutting lists for two different sizes of this portable chest – plus additional plans for a rolling base that adds even more storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the book is not just about building the exterior chest walls. \"Dutch Tool Chests\" shows you how to outfit the interior of your chest to hold chisels, marking knives and other pointy tools on the back wall. Plus saw tills and cubbies for jointer, jack and smooth planes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf that's not enough, \"Dutch Tool Chests\" offers a gallery of chests from 43 other makers that show modifications and additions for you to consider. You'll find ingenious ideas for using the chest's tool bay (or bays). Clever rolling bases. Oversized (or undersized) chests. Mind-blowing uses of the back of the fall front and or\/underside of the lid. And other unique solutions that set them apart. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Physical Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Dutch Tool Chests” is 8-1\/2” x 11”\u003cimg\u003e and is printed in Tennessee on #70 matte-coated paper on a Japanese-built sheet-fed printing press. The pages are folded into signatures, sewn, glued and reinforced with fiber-based tape to create a permanent binding. Our books regularly survive floods and attacks by dogs and toddlers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 192-page interior is then attached to heavy (98-pt.) cotton-covered boards using a thick paper hinge. The cover and spine are adorned with a foil die stamp. The image is physically stamped into the cloth and the board, giving the cover a texture you won’t get from modern digital books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is designed to be used – hard – and survive more than a century of use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVideo Resources\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLie-Nielsen Toolworks sells a video of Publisher Christopher Schwarz building a Dutch tool chest. Find it \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lie-nielsen.com\/products\/build-a-dutch-tool-chest?path=home-education-videos-christopher-schwarz\u0026amp;node=4244\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Let’s Go ‘Dutch’ 5\u003cbr\u003e2. Materials 11\u003cbr\u003e3. Parts Prep 23\u003cbr\u003e4. Dovetails 29\u003cbr\u003e5. Dados 49\u003cbr\u003e6. Shelves 57\u003cbr\u003e7. Top Angles 61\u003cbr\u003e8. Assembly 65\u003cbr\u003e9. Lock \u0026amp; Batten Notches 71\u003cbr\u003e10. Bottom Lip 75\u003cbr\u003e11. Front 79\u003cbr\u003e12. Fall Front 83\u003cbr\u003e13. Backboards 91\u003cbr\u003e14. Lid 97\u003cbr\u003e15. Hardware 111\u003cbr\u003e16. Paint 121\u003cbr\u003e17. Interior 127 \u003cbr\u003e18. Mobile Base 133\u003cbr\u003e19. Gallery 139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/files\/Megan-Fitzpatrick-Head-Shot-e1572885918252.jpg?v=1738092709\" width=\"325\" height=\"434\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMegan Fitzpatrick is a woodworker and the editor at Lost Art Press. She is short one dissertation of a Ph.D. in English literature (focused on early modern drama) and is the former editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopular Woodworking Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. When she's not at the computer or teaching, you’ll find her building furniture or at the bar alongside Christopher Schwarz, publisher at Lost Art Press. In addition to making furniture, teaching woodworking, writing about woodworking, and editing writing about woodworking, she's restoring a circa-1905 foursquare in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood and living amidst the chaos with her cats, Olivia the Greyt and Sir Toby Belch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead more about Megan in a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/2020\/04\/26\/paying-it-forward-an-interview-with-megan-fitzpatrick\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprofile\u003c\/a\u003e written by Nancy Hiller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Art Press","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":41296884498495,"sku":"BK-DUTCH","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF only","offer_id":41296884531263,"sku":"BK-DUTCH-PDF","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dutch Tool Chest Book + PDF","offer_id":41349996118079,"sku":"BK-DUTCH \u0026 PDF","price":48.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/files\/DTC-cover-on-bench-IMG_9552.jpg?v=1731165780","url":"https:\/\/lostartpress.live\/products\/dutch-tool-chests","provider":"Lost Art Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}