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Anarchist Tool Chest Material Kit
Protecting your tools from moisture, dust, and shop goblins is important. Christopher Schwarz has been writing and teaching on tool chests for decades and recently revised his 15-year-old design, the Anarchist Tool Chest, featured in his book by the same title. We are pleased to coordinate with Chris to supply you with a premium clear eastern white pine material to build your chest.
 
Each material kit includes parts for the shell and lid of Chris's new design. Parts are thicknessed and sized for width, left slightly long for final trimming. The chest bottom is already milled into a tongue and groove, ready to cut to length. 
 
Parts List
2pc- Front & back 
2pc- Ends
2pc- Lower skirt, front & back 
2pc- Lower skirt, ends 
2pc- Top skirt, front & back 
2pc- Top skirt
9pc- Bottom boards tongue and groove
2pc- Battens
2pc- Brackets for beckets 
2pc- Rails 
2pc- Stiles 
1pc- Panel (may come single piece or in 2 pieces to glue up)
1pc- Dust seal, front 
2pc- Dust seal, ends 
 
These are a Pre-Order and will ship the week of February 8th 2026 or before

Anarchist Tool Chest Material Kit

$595.00Price
Excluding Sales Tax
Quantity

  • Shipping lumber across the country to different climates means your material must adapt to a new environment. Your material kit should be unboxed immediately and stacked with spacer sticks and weight or clamps to keep it flat as it gets used to the new environment. We keep parts a couple of inches long to account for any end cracks that may develop. Wide boards can be clamped in cauls. Eastern White Pine is a very stable material, but best practices must be observed.

  • These are a Pre-Order and will ship the week of February 8th 2026 or before.

    This is a very large 98lb box that will ship UPS

Kahlil Detrich

2025-12-02

The Alexander Brothers built me a beautiful bathroom vanity using reclaimed wood I brought them. They hand turned the knobs and took care with book matching the wood where possible. I've also bought lumber from them for building kitchen cabinet fronts for a fair price. Shea is always friendly, helpful and accommodating. Highly recommend checking with them for nice wood and furniture projects!

Scott Krosser

2025-11-26

These guys are great, fast service just what i asked for.

Cathy Herbert

2025-10-29

Wonderful woodworking. Had a spindle leg for an old table reproduced. Perfect

Paul Yates

2025-10-08

Full disclosure, I worked with Drew and Shea, but I have been a fan of this family business since it went full-time. I bought my wife a beautiful green leather purse, and she carries it daily. We have a cutting board that we love, and I hope to someday be able to have Shea build me my dream bookcase/entertainment center. These guys inspire me to find ways to create beautiful things and to make the world better any way I can.

Selene Fink

2025-10-08

We are one of the lucky ones to just be a hop and skip down the road from the Alexander Brothers when we need them, but even if we weren't close we'd choose them again and again. We have had our fair share of lumber, woodworking and other craftsman's needs over the last 10 years and we were lucky to have such a qualified shop right down the road. Their commitment to their craft, their willingness to lend a hand or even share their knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I can't recommend them more. Sharing a photo of one of the doors we've had made by them as just an example of their beautiful work.
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