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This cabinet is made with 3/4” Baltic Birch plywood, with maple trim around the top. The drawers are 1/2” Baltic Birch, with 3/4” Home Depot plywood fronts.
The size of the cabinet was determined by my large socket wrench set which now lives in the second drawer. The full extension slides allow me to open the case without removing it from the drawer – so I don’t have to clear some bench space for it whenever I need a wrench. The last photo shows the previous home for the socket set – a sliding shelf hung from an Ikea shelf.
The cabinet is on casters – fixed at the back, and double locking in front, so I can move it out of its corner if I need to work on something long.
I think I’ll remove the vise eventually, as I would like a little more flat space beside the drill press. (although any flat space in my shop/garage seems to soon get covered with “stuff”.)
-- Peter
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doncutlip
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#1 posted 452 days ago
Now that’s the way to do it, I like it. And because you have it on wheels, if you ever decide to get a floor standing drill press you and push this over the base and use otherwise wasted space.
-- Don, Royersford, PA
Gabe C.
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#2 posted 452 days ago
Man, that is one nice setup! I especially love the continuous drawer front look. That thing puts my two shelf drill press cart to shame. Great job!
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 452 days ago
Very nice cabinet Peter That adds tons of storage space.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
redryder
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#4 posted 451 days ago
The drawer fronts look great. You thought this one through….............
-- mike...............
helluvawreck
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#5 posted 451 days ago
That’s a very nice shop cabinet and it will pay off in your shop with dividends.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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rdjack21
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#6 posted 450 days ago
Really like your drill press cabinet. I’m planning on building one myself next week but was planning on 3 drawers but I think I’ve changed my mind after looking at yours.
-- --- Richard Jackson
peterbb
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#7 posted 447 days ago
Thanks for the comments!
rdjack21: I don’t like deep drawers unless you plan on storing tall things in them. If I had deep drawers, what I wanted would be at the bottom, under several layers. With the shalllow drawers I made, everything should be easily accessible.
-- Peter
PineInTheAsh
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#8 posted 447 days ago
Great Job!
What’s it from floor to cabinet top?
Thanks
peterbb
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#9 posted 447 days ago
The cabinet is 36” tall.
-- Peter
Ken Fitzpatrick
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#10 posted 445 days ago
Real Nice. What’s the dimensions of the top. It looks just right for a drill press and I bet it isn’t top heavy when you roll it around.
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DIYaholic
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#11 posted 445 days ago
Welcome to LJs, where your wood addiction will be condoned, nurtured, fed and never interviened (is that a word?)!!
You DP table looks great & really functional. I need one!
Care to trade my “Idea of a cabinet” for your actuall cabinet?
-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!
peterbb
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#12 posted 445 days ago
The cabinet is 27” wide by 25” deep, and the top is 36” from the floor. It is mounted on #” casters.
There is a sketchup model of the carcass at http://www3.telus.net/peterbb/drill%20table.skp The model doesn’t show the 1/2” wide maple trim I put around the top, or the drawers.
-- Peter
Ken Fitzpatrick
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#13 posted 445 days ago
Thanks for posting the info and the sketchup. This is it. Got two more projects started and need to finish then its the drill press cabinet. Will post when I finish
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Manitario
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#14 posted 445 days ago
Nice cabinet! This is on my “to-do” list…How do you find the stability of it on the casters? I’ve found that having my drill press on anything with wheels gives it too much shake. I also like the “Mastercraft” drill press, nice to see some other Canadian Tire fans on this site!
-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
peterbb
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#15 posted 445 days ago
I haven’t moved it around (and I know it will be rocky in some areas of my garage, as the floor is very uneven in spots) but it seems very solid where it is parked. I’ve hacksawed some things in the vise without noticing any movement.
The casters are the heavy duty polyurethane casters from Lee Valley: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=66166&cat=1,240,66331
-- Peter
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