When I got a 3D printer I used it to print little bins for my kitchen utensils drawer, each one sized to fit my collection of spoons, straws, nut crackers, etc. I can now lay my hands on the corn-on-the-cob holders blindfolded in nothing flat. Inspiration: The Studley Tool Cabinet.
A few years ago I started in on a tool chest heavily influence by all that time I spent staring at the photo of the Studley chest on the back of one of my father's issues of Fine Woodworking. Even with my considerably more modest selection of tools I realized it would only result in hernias and back injuries. Switched to making a bunch of small chests each tailored for a common job and containing just the tools for that task so I can stick the chest on my sawbench and carry it all outside to work in the sun instead of the stuffy garage. The Studley style makes a great deal of sense for drawers.
When you work primarily with hand tools you need to get in the habit of taking the tool out of the chest when you need it and putting it away as soon as you are done with it or your bench quickly gets over run with tools leaving no space for the work at hand. Pleasant side effect, you only need to remember where a tool goes for a short time and only need to remember that for a few tools at any given time. Would certainly need an atlas to navigate that thing and find the tool you needed.
A habit I have lacked all my life. A messy workspace make for a terrible environment to do work. I am blessed and cursed with a large workshop (inherited) with lots of tool and I do not know where they are. When I win the lottery I am going to hire a shop steward.
After a 4th or 5th time I had a chisel go off the bench I learned my lesson. Chisels always go down blade first and when your floor is concrete it means a good amount of time fixing that edge. And it always tends to be the big chisels that jump off the bench, never that 1/8" which could be made like new in a few minutes.
