Sink Cabinet/Floor Sweep

This is the second project for the left wall of my shop, it is located in the the back corner. This is an orginal design based on Norms Miter Bench at least for the Cabinet bottom. The top/sink/faucett is a rescue from a tear out at the hospital that my father works at.

I was working on the layout of my dust collection system and could not come up with a good place for a floor sweep. It then hit me that it would be great if I could intergate it into the sink base. So after some thought this is what I came up with. I raised the shelf up so the bottom of the shelf was 5” off the floor. I put in a middle piece the width of the cabinet about 10 inches from the front. I halved the width of the cabinet and added a center board. I then put in 2 small 45 degere blocks and a piece of tempered hardboard on the blocks. Cut a hole in for the 4” sewer pipe and calked the heck out of everything. I then put a small rabbet (1/4”) on the bottom of the cabinet to fit the hardboard floor. Now for the front rail I took a piece of 1×4 poplar tilted the TS to 12 degrees (I tried a range from 8-20) and ran it though on its side. I then mixed up a bunch of epoxy and coated both sides of the ramp. I then cut it to 1/2 the width of the cabinet minus 3/4 inch. I then dowel joined left and right square pieces and cut it to final length the screwed the assembly to the cabinet.

The only big mistake was I needed to make that middle wall about 8 1/2” from the front. I ended up cuting out a bit of my wall to give the elbow clearance up to the main line. The other mistake was from working upside down. I cut the 4 in hole to high. I am going to cut in another piece(s) of hardboard to raise the floor up to the mouth of the DC inlet.

The doors still need some work if you cant tell.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"