It would be great if the crafting tables had the ability to connect to a chest just like the Tinker's Crafting Station does, so when you're using the crafting table you can also take items from that chest directly.

Thank you for the suggestion. The mod already has the ability to connect to a Toolbox and a Mechanical Toolbox, both of which are provided by the mod. There is also an option in the configs to allow non-tool items into the toolboxes.

I will not be implementing this feature. This mod has already grown far beyond its original scope and I would like to spend my limited time working on other projects.