Woodworkers who use traditional tool chests swear they're the most convenient way to organize tools for work in their shops or offsite. In this video, Christopher Schwarz shows a chest you can make in just two days using modern materials and updated, but still reliable, joinery. Whether your focus is hand tool or power tool woodworking, you'll find this tool chest indispensable.

When you're done, you'll have a showcase project that properly protects your most valuable investment - your tools.

Join Christopher Schwarz for a woodworking tutorial and learn how to build a workbench in two days. With a base built from standard 4x4 lumber, a base with half-lap construction, and a top made from two IKEA countertops, the demonstrated design is a seriously sturdy bench that no one will question for quality. Once the workbench construction is complete, you'll have no shortage of working surface or dog holes.

Build Your Hand Skills (and a Bookcase)! Using only hand tools, build a simple pine bookcase that will hold any size book. Designed for strength, this smart bookcase is a great way to get into handwork and it can be constructed in just a couple of days!

Host Christopher Schwarz starts off by asking the question, "Why use Hand Tools?" A fair question that he quickly answers by extolling the benefits of traditional woodworking tools — blended with some of the niceties of power tools. Those benefits include a healthier work environment, fewer jigs and test cuts, and accuracy to within .001". In Mastering Hand Tools, Chris introduces you to the basic hand tool skills to turn you into a woodworker equally comfortable in either the powered or hand tool world — and offer the best results from each world. Watch along as Chris offers advice on selecting hand tools, shares tips for set-up and puts the tools to work.

Chairs Don't Have to be Difficult Follow along with Christopher Schwarz as he shows you how to make a chair using a small set of tools — but with none of the typical chairmaking anxiety.