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As you can see in the picture above I had a real problem with storing my sandpaper. I would just pile it up in the cabinet and every time I wanted a particular grit I would dig through the pile. I finally got tired of this and did something about it. I designed and made this handy little storage box. There is now a place for each different grit as well as storage for different shapes of sandpaper and sanding belts.
Here’s a picture of my solution.
Here’s a list of materials you’ll need to buy.
3/16” X 4’ X 4’ plywood
1/2” X 4’ X 2 1/2’ plywood
3/4” X 12” X 13” plywood
Glue
Finish nails
Cut out the following pieces:
3/16” Plywood
Name Dimension
Top left shelves 4 1/4” X 11 7/16”
Left big shelves 9 3/4” X 11 7/16”
Right shelves 5” X 11 7/16”
Back 15” X 12 1/2”
1/2” Plywood
Name Dimension
Left and right 12 5/8” X 13”
Top and bottom 15 1/2” X 11 5/8”
Top left divider 4 11/16” X 11 7/16”
Left horizontal 9 3/4” X 11 7/16”
3/4” Plywood
Name Dimension
Right vertical 12 1/2” X 11 7/16”
Next you will need to cut a bunch of dado’s for everything to go together. Cut the dado’s for the shelves 3/16” X 1/4” deep. Make all dado’s 1/4” deep. Here are the interior dimensions of the cabinet.
For the corners of the box I rabbeted the corners 1/4” X 1/4”.
To put the hole in the sliding shelves I marked the location on one piece, stacked them and drilled one pilot hole through the stack.
Next I used a 3/4” forsterner bit and drilled part way through each piece.
Flip each piece over and finish drilling from the other side.
Sand everything smooth.
Glue and nail the box together leaving the large shelves out of the box.
After it is dry sand the edges of the shelves so that they slide smoothly into the box.
You can apply a finish to it or leave it bare like I did.
I printed out labels for each sandpaper grit and glued it to the side of the box so I knew what sandpaper was where.
When you are done your sandpaper storage cabinet should look something like this.
-- Krisztian VA My website: www.vacarpentry.com
22 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 681 days ago
Nice holder and very nice blog.
Good information!
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JC
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posted 681 days ago
well done! a lot of work and thought obviously went into it!
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Chris
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posted 681 days ago
Wow… thank you very much for posting this project with this amazing level of detail. I had been considering building some sort of cabinet for my sanding supplies. Thanks to you I now have a great example to work from!
-- Chris
Gary
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posted 681 days ago
Pretty similar to the one I started for my own sandpaper mess. I like this’n better; it’s got more utility.
Showed me requirements I didn’t realize I had.
Thanks.
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Marge
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posted 681 days ago
great design
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TreeBones
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posted 681 days ago
Nice shop tool.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 681 days ago
SWEET
well done. The plans you have provided are excellent
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Blake
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posted 681 days ago
Nice! Great preparation, planning and drawings too.
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rikkor
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posted 681 days ago
Man I have the “Before” picture for my gritz.
jockmike2
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posted 680 days ago
I made something similar quite a while ago, but now I wish I’d made it that good. Very nice. mike
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John Gray
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posted 680 days ago
VERY VERY NICE! Think I’ll build one in the future.
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Karson
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posted 680 days ago
Nice Job. Great design.
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Bob A in NJ
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posted 679 days ago
I have something like this on m project list, nice work. Thanks for the details.
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jcees
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posted 652 days ago
Beauty! Great plan too.
always,
J.C.
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jrlwoodworks
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posted 652 days ago
outstanding job!! I need to make the same thing for my sandpapers.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 626 days ago
great design. i think i should make one of those once my sandpaper collection begins to build up.
Justin
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posted 626 days ago
Looks great, I have been wanting to build one of these for some time, I have the same problem you used to have with my paper.
Justin
Scott Bryan
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posted 606 days ago
thanks for the post and the construction details. I may have to add one of these for holding my sandpaper.
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sharad
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posted 556 days ago
Thank u very much for posting such a useful project in such details. Like others I was also planning to make a box for my sandpapers. I am glad that I have not done it because your design is so complete. I wish all other LJs present their projects in at least minimum details so that non experts can understand their work. Hope u will present more such designs.
Sharad
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Napaman
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posted 556 days ago
thanks for the great details…i really like this plan and hope to build something similar now…great post!!!
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Budgie
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posted 548 days ago
Nice and functional.
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Dusty56
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posted 541 days ago
just one suggestion if I may …I see you have the coarser grits stacked above the finer grits…..lesson learned the hard way …eventually some of the heavier grits will end up on your lighter grits and ruin one of your projects….if the finer grits should land on your coarser grits , no problems….can you imagine the damage a few stray 60 grits lurking on a piece of your 220 grit could do to your project ? Been there , done that …
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