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13th Nov 2015, 02:15 PM #1
My new tool drawers / cabinet
Not sure if this should be in woodwork or metalwork as it has elements of both!!
Anyway, the other weekend I had a spare 8' x 4' sheet of 19mm MDF, just less than a sheet of 6mm MDF and a few lengths of 19x43 pine and 2L of enamel paint left over from a project.
As I didn't have anywhere to store the sheets my mind turned to how I could get rid of it!
I came up with this
It's not master craftsman quality and I'm sure it wouldn't last 100years with daily use but it's more than enough for me right now, plus it fills a need and I think looks OK.
I bought 1m of 25.4mm 316 stainless and turned up the knobs (I also have 15 more to make for another project).
Jon
Thx
Jon
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13th Nov 2015, 02:39 PM #2
Nice work.
I've got a similar one that I made from left overs from building the kitchen. I must say that yours puts mine to shame though.Cheers.
Vernon.
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13th Nov 2015, 03:24 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Hi Jon,
You mightn't call it master craftsman quality, but it certainly is a top job. One suggestion if I may, and that is to put a sheet metal or laminate top on it, the paint won't last long with coffee cups and tools on top of it. Any chance of seeing what's in the rest of the drawers, for ideas please?
Kryn
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13th Nov 2015, 04:26 PM #4
What a great little project.
You have describe my way of thinking when I have something that is taking up too much space.
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13th Nov 2015, 06:47 PM #5
Very nice indeed. Moments before I first looked at this thread I was looking for ideas for storing small machine tools. Stuff like milling cutters, reamers etc.
I want lots of shallow drawers with dividers. I might have to make something as well. I have just the spot for it, next to the mill on top of another normal sized chest of drawers.
Dean
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14th Nov 2015, 07:54 AM #6
Hi Jon,
That looks very professional Well done.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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14th Nov 2015, 07:57 PM #7
My new tool drawers / cabinet
Wow! Lots of likes and words of encouragement!!! I nearly didn't post it - Thanks all.
Kryn, the other drawers are still empty at the moment!!! I'm deciding how I'm going to fill them
One drawer will be taps & dies and there will be another thin drawer partitioned up to take my lathe tools.
The bottom drawer has a thicker bottom, partly because I was half thinking of the extra weight in the deeper drawer when I made it and partly because I ran out of the 6mm MDF!! This drawer may end up with chucks, face plates etc.
Then I've got all the other usual suspects that one plays with when using the lathe, hopefully all will be accommodated in the drawers one way or another!
J
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Jon
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14th Nov 2015, 09:43 PM #8Most Valued Member
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If you're going to put heavy stuff in the bottom drawer, I'd put a set of kitchen runners under it. The extra weight could be a breaking point on your temper, moving it in and out.
Kryn
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14th Nov 2015, 09:47 PM #9Product designer retired
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V,O,L,
That's a mighty effort, very sleek. A rubber mat or carpet tile on top would just finish it off.
Question, I don't see any drawer slides, so if none, what stops the upper drawer from rubbing on the face of the drawer below?
Just curious.
Ken
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15th Nov 2015, 03:53 AM #10Member
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Ventureland, rub some beeswax or candle wax on the bearing surfaces. Will make sliding in and out a lot easier.
John
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15th Nov 2015, 07:02 PM #11
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Hi That's a very neat job
You can pick up small bedside cabinets and drawer sets at op shops for 5 to 10 bucks . Sometimes you have to modify the drawers to accept small tooling . Mike
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15th Nov 2015, 07:58 PM #12
Ken,
Runners are some 19x43 ripped into 3 (along the 43 side) and screwed onto the 19mm MDF. The drawer bases run along the top of the runner.
The drawer fronts are of the false variety so that allowed me a bit of tolerance.
The bottom drawer has some of the same 19x43 ripped to about 19x3 or 4. This is then pinned to the cabinet base, for good measure I also put a strip down the middle, just in case the MDF base decides to before and bow.
All drawer runners will soon have some candle wax rubbed onto them
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15th Nov 2015, 08:03 PM #13
So I thought I'd post a photo of the project that left me with the spare materials to make my cabinet...
Back to metalwork... These are the last of the cupboard handles ready to be attached
Two projects finished... Happy me & happy Mrs.!!
Thx
Jon
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16th Nov 2015, 02:10 PM #14Most Valued Member
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WOW, that's definitely a way of keeping the "shed" tidy, are we allowed to ask what's in the rest of the cupboards????
Kryn
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16th Nov 2015, 05:53 PM #15
You can ask Kryn, but unless horsey equipment stuff and general household stuff that you can't throw away but never use is your kind of thing there's nothing in there of interest!!! It's mostly all space for the Mrs (apart from a little space that's nicely sized to accommodate my 60L Engel fridge when it's not in the 4wd).
Thx
Jon
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