| Project by thiel | posted 176 days ago | 834 views | 1 time favorited | 8 comments |  |
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In my old shop (moved about 6 months ago) I had a number of countertops that were built right into the space by the previous owner. In the new place, I have been desperate for some storage, but I wanted to spend my time doing “real” work instead of building shop furniture; I’d envisioned building my shop furniture with good joinery and nice details.
My patience ran out, so I opted to bang some things out quickly (like in 3 hours), but since even temporary stuff tends to have a long life, I didn’t want it to look TOO bad.
—Carcass is 18mm poplar (home depot)
—Doors are 1/2 inch birch ply (home depot)
—This is all butt joints, glue, and drywall screws. I didn’t even bother to break out the dado blade.
—I wanted lighter doors and realized too late that the hinges wouldn’t mortise deep enough in them… so I made the hinge cups a decorative feature by cutting all the way through.
—I undersized the doors on the carcass to get a shadowline. Unconventional, but I kinda like it.
—The knobs were saved from some demolition work I did YEARS ago. They were kicking around, so I used em.
—Interior dividers are coming, but will be removable
For the time invested, I’m pretty pleased. In the photo, you can see where I’m gonna spend a couple more hours on a basic countertop and cabinets… I’ll post those next.
-- Laziness - Apathy = Efficiency
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a1Jim
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posted 176 days ago
Hey that will doer good job
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
patron
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posted 176 days ago
i got particle board boxes no doors
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spend your time on projects !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
stefang
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posted 176 days ago
They look nice. I find that when my shop is nicely outfitted , and neat and clean I feel more like working there, but I don’t want to spend too much time just building shop furniture. Looks to me like you’ve struck a good balance there.
-- Mike, American in Norway
Splinterman
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posted 175 days ago
Sometimes simpler is better and a lot less time consuming. If it works for you….great.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
dustyal
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posted 175 days ago
I did the same concept… kept mine simple and cheap… but got stopped… can’t decide on adjustable shelves and do I really need doors? I’ve painted the carcass white so they would reflect light in my dark windowless work space. I do like yours.
-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...
thiel
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posted 175 days ago
I am doing adjustable shelves— I’m just screwing them in and if I need to move them then I’ll unscrew and rescrew them in another location :-)
I thought doors were needed to keep the dust down… and easy enough that I couldn’t skip em. Euro hinges take just a minute or two—if you haven’t tried them then I recommend it!
-- Laziness - Apathy = Efficiency
dustyal
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posted 175 days ago
thanks… If I hide my stuff behind doors I’ll never find what I need but know that I have it? ! ?
I made my “adjustable” shelves the same way on my first unit except it is now recessed and you can’t get to the “adjusting screws.” The second unit I decided to go with real adjustable and drilled the holes and used shelf pegs. Okay, but the unit is only 7 inches wide… not wide enough to drill into the side after it was installed…
I need to do a blog about this… lessons learned by an idiot doing his first cabinets. I was pleased with my first face frame with pocket screws… that turned out nice.
I do like the way you used your euro hinges…
-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...
SCOTSMAN
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posted 175 days ago
I dont think if you have good or even fairly good dust extraction you really need doors.I keep my stuff mostly on view and a lot of it hangs on special brackets from the wall ( the little things) all other things have dedicated boxes .Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease