Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley

by Donald C. Williams, photographs by Narayan Nayar You can download an excerpt from this book here. In the space of just 10” x 39” x 19-1/2”, H.O. Studley managed to arrange – with perfection – more than 250 of his tools into a dovetailed mahogany cabinet that has captivated tens of thousands of woodworkers since it was first unveiled in 1988 on the back cover of Fine Woodworking with a single shocking photograph. After a brief stay at the Smithsonian, the cabinet was sold to a private collector and hasn’t been seen by the public for well over a decade. Studley’s workbench has never been on public view. Donald Williams and a team of supporting characters spent four years researching, documenting and photographing both the cabinet and Studley’s equally amazing workbench to create “Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley.” This book is the first in-depth examination of one of the most beautiful woodworking tool chests ever constructed and presents the first-ever bio