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About 6 months ago, I sketched up and drew the plans for this saw cabinet. But other projects for a few customers kept me from building the cabinet. So when I finally got caught up on those, it was time to get started. I had 1 drawer under the saw for a long time, but quickly ran out of room in it. I wanted a cabinet that would have plenty of drawers for all my plunder to go in them. So this is what I came up with:
The cabinet is 30" high, 31" wide, and 23" deep. With 2" locking casters it made it 32" high…perfect to fit under the saw. The carcuss is 3/4" Birch ply (American, not Chinese). I cut 3/4"x 3/8th" rabbits on the top and bottom of the sides, a 1/4"x 1/4" dado along the back of the sides for the back panel, set the top and bottom in the rabbits, glued and nailed them in place with 18 gauge nails…no screws at all. Clamped it up making sure eveything was square, and let it dry for about 4 hours. After it dried, I trimmed the outter edges around the box with 3/4"x 3/4" oak hardwood. Glued and pinned it again with 18 gaude nails, and filled the nail holes. Next came the slides. I used 22" K/V 8400 bb full extention slides, and spaced them out equally to be able to fit 4 drawers in. Once that was done, it was time to build some drawers. I wanted the drawers to be 6", and after coming up 1/4" from the bottom and cutting a 1/4" dado for the bottom, the drawers would be 5 1/2" deep x 28 1/2" wide and 22" long. I cut all the drawer parts and bottoms and assembled them, always checking for square. The inside diminsion of the box was 29/1/2" minus 1" = 28 1/2" wide drawers. I use what I call the "1" rule in spacing between the drawers…works evey time.. Now it's time to build the overlays for the drawers. With the plywood I had left over is what I used for the fronts. After careful measuring and spacing between each drawer, I used a 1/8" shim to space the drawer fronts. Then I pinned the drawers with 1" 18 gauge nails, and screwed down the overlays to the drawer fronts with 1" square-drive screws 1" long. When it was assembled, I filled the nail holes. I lightly sanded everything down with 220, put on 3 coats of a 50-50 mix of tung oil and mineral spirits, letting each coat dry about 6 hours each. Once dry, I moved it in place under the saw table extention.
It fit perfectly, with about 1" of clearence. Now I've got plenty of storage for everything I need at the saw.
Thanks for looking, and feel free to make one for yourself…you'll be glad you did….....

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Great work Rick, looks the part too, no doubt it will be full to the brim before you know it lol, you can never have too much room eh? Well done.

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nice set-up you have there, very good
 

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Nice job, I have made a cpl of these as well. Never enough storage right? Your clamps are too clean… LOL I need to spend a day soon cleaning mine up. Well done.
 

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Hey Rick,
Sweet set-up of a shop and nice designed cabinet…good job.
 

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you have a very nice shop
thanks for sharing
 

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Very Nice! I have one those on my to do list too, once I build a router table to get the router outta the extension wing.
 

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This is a great addition to the saw.

Nice work.

Lee
 

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That's definitely cool, and useful all rolled up into one nice ball…lol

Thanks for sharing!
 

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Thanks guys for the nice comments….It is such a good improvement over what I had. I had a lot of fun building it. That's my favorite thing to build is shop furniture…..
 

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Excellent work as always, Rick. You'll be able to fit a boatload of stuff in that cabinet. I think we're on the same page, these shop projects are just as satisfying as fine furniture!
 

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Hiya Cory,
I thought you had skipped the country…...lol. Haven't heard anything from you in a while…..Thanks for the nice comment…..You inspired me to get busy when I saw your cabinet, but I was tied up with other things at the time…..I really like building this stuff…lol. It's sooo much fun…...

Thanks Mojo1. It's so new I haven't got it loaded up with my plunder yet…..lol. But I will….
 

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Hey Dan,
Years ago my band use to play a bluegrass festival out South of town there in Texarkana. It was called the Strange Family B.G. festival…. You ever heard of it? Great shows and great folks to work for…..Lot of fun..
 

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Much too organized for me. LOL

Great job on the cabinet. You have inspired me, now if you could send me time to do it.
I still need more storage (or less tools)
 

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Hiya Kent,
Where have you been? Haven't talked to you in a while….From what I've seen of your shop, you've got plenty of room to add storage….lo. Just clean up that North end, and you're in good shape…..lol lol. :))

Thanks Ian…Where do you live in Tennessee? I lived in Memphis for 20 years…..I appreciate the nice comment. Thanks for looking.
 

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Thanks Joe…..I appreciate it…..... Joe: A man of few words….lol.
 

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Great looking cabinet. Very nicely done. I need to make me one of these when I get some time. Seems like I just get one job done and get another one before I can do something for me. Thank for the inspiration.

God Bless
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AWESOME cabinet and setup. Great job! I'm a big fan of fine shop furniture as well.

Question: It appears you have raised your cabinet saw a few inches off the floor. Could I ask the reason? Are you exceptionally tall and find the saw table too low?? I'm curious only because I find the standard height of benches / saws (often in the 35 or 36 inch range) too low, even though I'm just 5' 10". I find work surfaces that are 37 or 38 inches high make the world of difference - less back strain, etc. Of course, so much depends on what you are normally working on (e.g. small jewellery chests versus tall dressers) and how much leverage you require (e.g. if you do a lot of hand planing, lower is probably better).

Thanks for sharing!
 
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