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I actually have a decent amount of storage space in my shop. But it’s never enough. I decided to use up more scrap material to make a second workbench cabinet. This helps not only with giving me more room to store things but it also gives my workbench a bit more heft to keep it from moving when I’m working on it.
The cabinet itself is put together using pocket screws. The drawers were made with my Akeda jig. At the time I started this project I didn’t have my Vacuum Veneer Press so I used contact cement to veneer 1/8” walnut to mdf.
The one thing I wanted to point out….In the other cabinet I used all full extension drawer slides which were really easy to adjust to get everything even. In this cabinet I used Blum Drawer slides and they were an incredible PITA to get even. I had them so it made sense to use them but if I can help it, I won’t use them again.
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GaryK
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posted 316 days ago
Pretty cool. Looks a lot like mine.
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Tim Dorcas
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posted 316 days ago
GaryK, I like yours as well :) Yours looks like a big brother to my own.
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Kerux
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posted 316 days ago
That is just awesome! I wish I had the nerve to do drawers and such for my shop.
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Muzhik
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posted 316 days ago
Looks great. Yours too, GaryK.
I keep going back and forth about whether I want to add cabinets to mine. I was sure I wanted them until I started reading Chris Schwarz’s stuff (editor of ‘Popular Woodworking’ and ‘Woodworking’). Do you find that they ever get in the way when you want to clamp something to the bench top? Do you ever use holdfasts?
Critterman
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posted 316 days ago
Great looking benches and stroage. I like the drawer fronts too. Nice job.
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rikkor
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posted 316 days ago
Great solution for storage. I’d sure like to tour some of you guys’s scrap piles!
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jeffthewoodwacker
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posted 316 days ago
lots of storage and nice use of materials. I agree with the Blum slides they are overrated.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 316 days ago
Great looking benches. I am glad to see that you both went beyond getting something functional. This really adds a great deal to the project. I tend to go with merely functional in my shop construction but am beginning to “see the error of my ways” thanks to posts like these.
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blackcherry
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posted 316 days ago
This got to be my nexts major project for the shop thanks for the posting. Blkcherry
Flywheel52
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posted 316 days ago
Gary,
That workbench is awesome!! I wish I had that workbench in my shop !! How long did it take to make the bench?
Tim Dorcas
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Muzhik asked, “Do you find that they ever get in the way when you want to clamp something to the bench top? Do you ever use holdfasts?”
It probably doesn’t look like it but there is a three inch overhang on both sides. So I have yet to have a problem with clamping. It really is very convenient to have this storage space available.
Tim
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Grumpy
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posted 314 days ago
Nice benches Tim & Gary. There is never enough storage space.
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jeanmarc
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posted 185 days ago
Great looking benches and storage
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