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I built this tool cabinet for my friends, Roger and Ellie - Roger's Goddess of more than fifty years - to go along with the workbench shown in the pictures. The cabinet has 30 drawers, five drawers wide and six drawers high. It's 63" by 24" by 24". Much of it is made from repurposed materials. The drawer faces came from kitchen cabinet doors. The sides for the drawer boxes were made from a plywood entertainment center and short leftovers from another project. The maple pulls were fashioned after a Matthias Wandel design I found on his site, http://woodgears.ca/. I used hard maple for the drawer runners and most of the cabinet box is birch plywood.

My inspiration for doing it can be found in the last photo.

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Wow…..that's a really nice work bench that you made for your friends…Plenty of storage under the bench is almost a must-have in a shop….30 drawers….that will hold a bunch of plunder….As always said…you can never have enough storage…kind of like clamps…..lol. Well done….. I like the handle pulls, too…..
 

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That's a work bench to envy. The next thing I'd invest in is a label maker. I've got about a third that many drawers in my bench and still end up opening 2 or 3 drawers before I find what I'm looking for.
 

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Now THAT'S storage!
 

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I am officially jealous. What a kind gesture on your part. I have a new workbench that I have to put together and I've been thinking about adding some drawer storage to it. I like your design and implementation.
 

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Would like more shots of the pulls. Were those made too?
 

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Really nice job…your friends should be very happy with that cool system.
 

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How am I supposed to get that thing out of the basement…..I guess I'll have to cut a hole in that wall. What time do you leave for work? kidding aside, That is the ultimate bench drawer set. We can never have enough clamps or drawers. Nice job.
 

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He will get a lot of use out of this; It's a nice shop table.
 

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GREAT JOB!! and good use of reclaimed materials!
Bravo!
 

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yep, the only problem with this is i would not remember which drawer I put it in LOL great job.
 

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To echo many others - WOW!
 

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This is probably a dumb question. I have always thought this looked like an inexpensive alternative to store bought drawer slides but what keeps the drawers from coming out too far and landing on the floor?? Is there some kind of drawer stop????............
 

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Wow, very nice!
 

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looks very nice and functional. make sure you wax the drawer runners (and bottom of drawers) - it'll make a world of difference opening/closing the drawers
 

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Awesome work. It would even be better if you were to paint or stain the face of the green treated that surrounds it at the top and bottom.
 

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@redryder, If he doesn't have stops (it's harder to rig them when you do not have horizontal stiles/dividers between the drawers), then getting used to how far out NOT to pull becomes second nature.
 

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Mind blowing storage. I'm turning green with envy and admiration.
 
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