First of (Hopefully) Many Disasterous Letdowns

well done it looks great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

The word “simple” is rarely as it appears?

it looks functional

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

I also found out the hard way not to pull both shelves all the way out at the same time if they are loaded with nearly every power tool you have. I panicked a bit when the back wheels came off the ground!!!

-- "How can I be lost if I've got nowhere to go?"

A mentor once told me it’s not that you can make it perfect it’s that you can make look that way! The great thing about working working is you are always learning. And I think you did great for a first project.
Welcome to Lumber Jocks.

-- Woodisit

Don’t worry, my wife always say’s ” the world’s most expensive diamond has flaws ”. At least it makes “me” feel better. Keep up, never give up.

-- ericandcandi, Louisiana- Home of the "LSU Tigers"

Welcome aboard!! Looks like you got it finished and in good servicable condition!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Welcome CyBorge. Some of the features in your cabinet would be considered advanced carpentry so you you did well for the first time. Keep diggin & before you know it you’ll have a really big hole like the rest of us. LOL BZ

-- Dudley Young USN Ret.

Nice work and it looks great! Shop projects are ideal for making mistakes and learning.

I’m flattered that I could have inspired a project. i think you’ll find that this kind of stuff is a continual evolution. I’ve got quite a few changes that I need to make to mine little shop cart now that I’ve been using it for a while. You’re never really finished with this kind of thing.

Welcome to Lumberjocks. Looking forward to seeing what else you come up with.

-- Premium firewood created daily.

You did good. I agree with Cory, shop projects can really help improve your ww skills. Keep it up.

-- burl, Indiana,

Great job. You may think that you didn’t do a good job but, you inspired me to make a few changes to some cabinets I am making for my shop. With no mentor, you mentored me.

Thanks for the ideas and keep up the good work. Keep posting pics of the projects and lets see your shop.

-- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellance, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~Aristotle~

Heh, my “shop”... Right now that consists of about a six foot by six foot open space on the concrete floor of my garage, and a small table full of junk along a nearby wall. It’s a little bigger when my car is outside, but only temporarily. This cabinet/cart/bench is going to be pulling a lot more than double duty for a while! I just realized I didn’t include pictures of the sides and back. It’s all the same green color as the doors. Can’t go wrong with $3 paint from the mistint shelf!

Cory, some of your projects show organizational brilliance as far as I’m concerned. If I borrow your pegboard, clamp rack, and side shelf ideas I should be able to store the vast majority of my stuff all on one highly versatile cart. Looking forward to it.

Thanks for the kind words, everybody! If nothing else at least I recognize most of my mistakes. Let’s just hope I learn from them next time around.

-- "How can I be lost if I've got nowhere to go?"

I think it looks great. It will look even better after it gets beat around a little in your shop and you actually start not caring about the looks and start admiring how practical it is. I always try to make my shop stuff look as good as something I make for the house of for a gift but the important thing is how well it works and how well it holds up.

-- Scott, South Carolina

As it says in the joke. “Lessons learned, Priceless”

I have found when working with European hardware, that you make a working model of what you plan on making so you find out just exactly how much clearance you have.

See the walnut strip in the middle of the doors.

That was not a design that was a modification to fix the too large gap between the two door.

Too smart, Too late.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That’s a big gap!! What is the deal with that hardware Karson?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

When i ws about 14 or 15, my uncle had me making boards to close some grain bin doors. They were about 10 or 12” wide by 3’ +/- long. He showed me how to cut them and I proceeded to make a few. didn’t take long for me to out smart the project. I made several since they were all the same ;-)) When I put them in the door wasn’t parallel!! :-(( TOO SHORT!! :-(( Fortunately, I was able to use them else where in other doors ;-)) i went back to making them one at a time.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Nice looing unit. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

nothing wrong with learning ,
we all need some !

welcome .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Good job! You don’t ever make mistakes; you just have learning experiences….