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Project by Tim Dorcas posted 1950 days ago 1983 views 7 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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.

-- www.craftedbytim.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.




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GaryK

10263 posts in 2159 days


#1 posted 1950 days ago

Pretty cool. Looks a lot like mine.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

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Tim Dorcas

188 posts in 2030 days


#2 posted 1950 days ago

GaryK, I like yours as well :) Yours looks like a big brother to my own.

-- www.craftedbytim.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.

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Kerux

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#3 posted 1950 days ago

That is just awesome! I wish I had the nerve to do drawers and such for my shop.

-- http://caledoniachurchofchrist.yolasite.com/

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Muzhik

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#4 posted 1950 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?

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Critterman

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#5 posted 1950 days ago

Great looking benches and stroage. I like the drawer fronts too. Nice job.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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rikkor

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#6 posted 1950 days ago

Great solution for storage. I’d sure like to tour some of you guys’s scrap piles!

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jeffthewoodwacker

603 posts in 1975 days


#7 posted 1950 days ago

lots of storage and nice use of materials. I agree with the Blum slides they are overrated.

-- Those that say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

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Scott Bryan

27262 posts in 1993 days


#8 posted 1950 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.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

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blackcherry

2905 posts in 1994 days


#9 posted 1949 days ago

This got to be my nexts major project for the shop thanks for the posting. Blkcherry

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Flywheel52

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#10 posted 1949 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?

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Tim Dorcas

188 posts in 2030 days


#11 posted 1949 days ago

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

-- www.craftedbytim.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.

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Grumpy

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#12 posted 1947 days ago

Nice benches Tim & Gary. There is never enough storage space.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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jeanmarc

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#13 posted 1818 days ago

Great looking benches and storage

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Ken90712

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#14 posted 1013 days ago

Nice Workbench!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

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