WoodNet Forums: Chris Becksvoort's Tool Cabinets

Last summer I attended the Lie-Nielsen Open House and took some photos of a beautiful wall hung tool cabinet designed and built by Christian Becksvoort. Undoubtedly you will know Chris from his many FWW articles. His cabinet was on display as a promotional item for his shop classes as well as a unique way to promote Lie-Nielsen tools. I was able to get a handful of photos of the cabinet in the showroom before I wandered off to see the rest of the presenters. I wanted to get more photos of the cabinet, but there were always a lot of people milling around and gawking at it and I didn't want to slip in the drool. Sadly I ran out of memory card space before I was able to come back and finish the job. Here are the photos I was able to get:
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This past week I was able to attend the Lie Nielsen Winter Open House. The first thing I saw when I walked into the back room was the same cabinet sitting on the Fine Woodworking table. At least I thought it was the same cabinet until I walked up to inspect. I quickly realized that the cabinet was a new and improved version of the previous model. I lost no time in getting my camera out and managed to get a lot more photos of version 2:
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Chris also had a smaller wall hung cabinet on display at the same table as part of The Herbie Project
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The price on these tool cabinets was around $14,000 with the tools, and about $10,500 without. I didn't actually write the prices down though they were written on a sheet of paper next to the display. I was told by the LN bench shop manager that the first one sold at a slight discount and was shipped off to the new owner. The second one was still for sale as of last week. I'm not sure why these cabinets have not gotten much publicity. I hope you enjoy the photos and perhaps get inspired to design and build your own cabinet.

[Edit] I just looked at one of the high resolution pictures and could just barely read the text on the flyer on top of the 2nd cabinet. It says:

Inspired by the Studley tool chest, we have commissioned renowned furniture maker Christian Becksvoort to make a tool cabinet that will be the center piece of any shop. Chris will build only 3 of these cabinets, making each a very limited edition. The cabinet has been made to house a broad range of tools to satisfy the needs of most woodworkers.

Price with tools $14,000
Price without tools $10,800

Please see a Lie-Nielsen staff member for more information.

Edited by jeffburks (12/19/10 03:23 AM)