As well as placing old style wooden trunks and chests inside the house, the use of an old wooden chest out in the workshop will also provide you with a functional storage unit that will be in keeping with the style of its surroundings. Antique wood tool chests are reliable workhorses that are capable of withstanding all kinds of daily knocks and bumps. They are incredibly useful, not only for their storage capabilities but also for the flat surface they provide that can be used in numerous different ways.

A wooden carpenters tool chest can be used as a seat, a sawhorse or simply a spot to temporarily place other tools. In most cases it is not a requirement that the old tool chest be particularly decorative, although some of them, especially those that were made by professional carpenters, are more than likely going to be impressive in their appearance.

Browse through the range of wooden tool chests for sale below. They vary in size and will look at home in just about any busy work shop or garage.

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Antique 1885 Wells Bros Greenfield Little Giant Tools in Wooden Tool Chest Box    US $74.99

16pc Wooden TOOL CHEST Brand New For 8yrs Up    US $49.68

Antique Wooden Tool Chest    US $85.00

Antique Wooden Tool Box Machinist Chest Primitive Handmade    US $19.99

8 Drawer Machinist Wooden Tool Chest Wood Cabinet Box    US $74.98

Vintage Mason Parker Toy Carpenter Tool Chest Kit Wooden Box Boys Wood    US $39.85

small antique wooden 3 drawer machinist tool chest box early 1900s    US $89.99

Vintage Union Wooden Tool Chest    US $12.95

Japanese Antique wooden old suzuribako edo Tansu Chest Calligraphy tool    US $65.00

Japanese Antique wooden old suzuribako edo Tansu Chest Calligraphy tool 2    US $65.00

Antique Hand Made Wooden Tool Box or Keepsake Chest with Lock 15 x 8½ x 7¾    US $20.20

Antique Tap and Die Set Wooden Box ONLY Vintage Tool Case Chest Old No 5485    US $18.95

It is the durability and storage space that you should be basing your purchase decision on. A tool chest sitting in a busy workshop is going to get a lot of use and so it will have to be durable and hardwearing. The nature of many of these old wooden tool chests is that they have been proven for their reliability over years of constant work.

It is possible to pick up a very serviceable wooden tool chest for around $20.00 and, in fact I have seen a lot of them sell for prices somewhat cheaper than that. Some of these tool chests have been created with a range of small drawers and pull out shelves making them very handy for storing small items such as nails, nuts, screws and bolts.

If you are looking for a wooden tool chest that will last for generations and operates smoothly and efficiently, you should seriously consider a Gerstner tool chest.