...been scratching my head and drooling over this for thirty years...but only in photos.

Great find, I think I'm actually surprised this isn't already here.

WANT

@chicchorea — How did you first hear about it? I had never seen it before, and I LOVE this kind of thing.

I think this counts as tool porn.

Not the most practical tool box (unless you live in Tokyo), but an amazing piece of work nonetheless.

Studly? indeed.

Where first escapes me sir, sorry. However, it has been represented in numerous magazine articles, woodworking and other. I believe even in National Geographic though I do not believe as a feature article. Books as well, some compilations of articles, tool books, shop books, and such. I have researched on the Net as well some years ago. I now think I may have seen it on TV as well but not with the more extensive views of its ingenious workings as Norm provided. I wish he had shown more of the inlay, particularly the Masonic symbolism incorporated. Some of the photos of this chest are truly tool and tool chest porn. The quality of the video does not do it justice at all.

I wonder at the cost in todays prices to reproduce the chest and tools. Some of the materials are rare to unobtainium. If one was able to procure some of the woods, finding the quality of wood, probably only available in the manufacturing of musical instruments would be challenging. Some rosewoods, for example, are not legally exported any longer.

It is a phenomenal piece of work. I once was given a 400 hundred year old Chinese tool chest. It was more a work of art than working art. ...hidden compartments and the whole bit. I was afraid to use it and had no use for it as an exhibition piece. No comparison to this one or its shadow.
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@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/chicchorea" title="member since October 15th, 2009" class="profilelink">chicchorea — How did you first hear about it? I had never seen it before, and I LOVE this kind of thing.

a marvelous *vintage piece.

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Just look at those drahws.

Gotta love a good chest to put your tool in.

What's with you people? They had my upvote when I heard the creator's name.

Anyone whose last name is Studly HAS to be awesome. It's a law somewhere.

What's better than rosewood handles on your piano-making chisels?

Tulips on your organ!

I want to have things to build so I can use this to build them!

The dude's name is Hank Studly. Epic.

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I think this counts as tool porn.


I really didn't think this was something I could fap to, then he said the guy "turned his own handles".

So, I guess that makes it ok.

I have one of those things... but I keep a dildo collection in it.

>> ^Trancecoach:

a marvelous vintage piece.


Vintage is for footage from the 70s and older so I'm quite confident this doesn't qualify.

*nochannel *art *history *engineering

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+1 for Norm Abrams

I can't even organize the shoes sitting near my front door.



...I have two pairs of shoes!

the piece itself was made in the 1800s.

expand your mind, man.

fo reel.

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>> ^Trancecoach:
a marvelous vintage piece.

Vintage is for footage from the 70s and older so I'm quite confident this doesn't qualify.
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It's amazing and sad at the same time... the craftmanship required to make this piece still exists today among very specialized instrument makers, but very very few can afford this kind of custom work anymore. Quality has become too expensive for the average joe. Sorry folks, a plywood box with wood screws is all you'll get. I operate a small model shop, and I'm not pretending I could build this, but if I could, the chest only would be worth 50k$. Plus I'd say 100k$ for the handmade tools. A year's work full time... Who's interested?

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I personally vote to have the *vintage tag reinstated. Not only was the item in question, and obviously its contents, built in the 1800s but it was used to create an unknown large number of pianos in that era which went on to produce wonderful VINTAGE music

Invocations (vintage) cannot be called by braschlosan because braschlosan is not privileged - sorry.