Outfeed table

Excellent!

-- Growing older but not up!

Too beautiful to use!!

What a tremendous use of a normally wasted space.

Lew

Here here, I am still cussing as several of my drawers do not slide as nicely as they should….

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

Nice work, I like the way you beveled the edges of the drawer fronts, gives them some character.
As you have found out, the cabinet boxes and drawer boxes do have to be pretty darn square.
I am guessing by your post that the 100 lb slides are ball bearing type ???
If so, here is a little tip- the slide part that mounts to the cabinet box usually has three tabs with screw holes in them. You can bend those tabs so as to take up any slack between the cabinet box side and the drawer sides. Another thing that has helped me is using a level. i level the box, then when I am installling the slides I level them also.
HTH
Thanks for posting

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

Sweet!

Looks to me like you are more than ready to tackle kitchen cabinetry.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Looks great. I like the different wood throughout – perfect for a workshop. I wish I had the space. :)

-- Tim from Iowa City, IA

Thanks! Yes, they were ball bearing. I think my issue was the fact that my case sizes were slightly off. I made all my drawers the same size. So on one side of the cabinet all the drawers were slightly too wide for the opening. The other side was fine. At least that’s what I think the problem was. I ended up cutting kerfs in the drawers just above and below the slide. The corresponding slide on the cabinet was digging into the drawers.

I did buy the kreg drawer slide installation jig thingy. (http://woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5075) Though, I’m not sure how much I liked it. It supposed to be able to work with ball bearing slides, but I think it’s more designed for the roller types.

Nothing is too crazy for a shop – think about it – the perfect place to try ANYTHING, and see it afterwards everyday as you work around it.. gotta make it count.

excellent outcome – I love that.

what did you use for the top ? how was it laminated/constructed?

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Ah yes, the top. Practice for a laminated countertop. It’s just a piece of laminate from Home Depot on top of particle board (the high density stuff). I built the height up by adding another layer of particle board on the bottom. Not a full piece, but 8” strips along the edges and across a couple times.

Here’s another tip. Don’t use scrap pine to hold the laminate up over the contact cement when you’re dropping the laminate on. I’m pretty sure a small piece of wood stayed on the particle board. So I had a fairly sizable bump in the laminate. Oops! I tried pounding it out with a block and hammer, and ended up cracking the laminate. Oh well, lesson learned!

The edge is purpleheart screwed and plugged with maple plugs. I learned a few things about getting the edging to be at the same level as the laminate. Well, I learned how not to do it. The tip I read after the fact is to use a couple of pieces of masking tape on the laminate and then sand the edging down until you sand through the first layer of tape. Next time . . . next time . . .

Nice work,

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Outstanding job. My number 1 needed item for my workshop. I’m jealous.

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

LOL! When I saw the title of your post and then saw the table I was thinking it was a new name (an outfeed table) for a kitchen breakfast bar or something. Then when I read that this goes in your shop… wow! Beautiful! And the different doors are the crowning touch. Kudos!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

Those doors and that purple heart trim look great. I am lpanning on using the space in between the cabinet sets for storage too. I’m glad to see it works.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

If I only had the room…...

Now I need to stop by the cabinet shop on my way home and look for cutoffs!

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

Really nice project and a useful addition for your shop. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

This is fantastic! I’ve been looking around for some ideas on how to set up my 1 car garage sized shop in the new house (multi-purpose pieces, dust collection, etc.) and I think I may have just found my outfeed/assembly table .. would you be willing to share your sketchup model?

Dan

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

Sure, I’ll post a link for the plans tomorrow morning. If it’s going to be a true assembly table, you may want to make the top a torsion box. I thought about it, but ended up doing the practice counter top instead.

Hey, y,

I’m glad you said you love the pocket screws. Me too. I’ve built cabinets, two hall tables and am in the process of building two end tables with pocket screws.

I know the purists would shame us but they are so fast and so strong, I think they are great.

Jim

-- JimJ - Oakton, VA

Nice work… I’ve thought of making something like this use as an outfeed & assy table; however, I think I would like it to be mobile. What do you think?

-- Chris

Nice outfeed table! I too like the use of the different woods and the details. The drawer fronts look cool with the beveled edges and the trim around the top is sweet. Great looking and useful project! Thanks for posting it.
After experiencing similar problems as you had with gluing the top, I now keep on hand a bundle of cardboard drywall shims just for that purpose. They are reasonably cheap, easy to cut with a razor knife and always the same thickness.

-- Evil can only thrive when good men do nothing.......E. Burke

Here’s the Sketchup model. You’ll probably have to right click and save: http://www.jfreitasphotography.com/Temp/OutfeedTable.skp

Great looking outfeed table! You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I really like the idea of using different species of wood for each drawer. That way in the future, when you are looking for inspiration, you have a reference point for what all those different woods look like. Nice job.

-- -Jason, Nashville

“I really like the idea of using different species of wood for each drawer. That way in the future, when you are looking for inspiration, you have a reference point for what all those different woods look like. Nice job.”

Yeah, I was thinking kind of the same way. I figured if I someday make things for people, I’ll have plenty of examples of the types of woods. I may continue the theme if I make more cabinets/benches for the shop. Pick a different wood every time. I could get real crazy and go with different finishes too, but that might take it a little too far. :-)

“Nice work… I’ve thought of making something like this use as an outfeed & assy table; however, I think I would like it to be mobile. What do you think?”

This one might be a bit heavy to be mobile. It’s 4’ by about 5’. Loaded with tools . . . it’s freakin’ heavy! I’d think about another design if I was going to make it mobile.

almost too pretty for the shop.

-- making sawdust....

Awesome – thanks!

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

Why would you have delusions to build your own kitchen cabinets? Your shop is already nicer looking than any commercially available cabinets out there, as well as many custom ones as well.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

great job

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

Beautiful job and an awesome addition to a workshop!

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

This is great out feed table

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Beautiful table, and a fantastic array of color for the drawers. Nice clean lines and functional, too.
You mentioned something about the laminate and trim up above in a post—one tip I could offer if I may:
build your top up and then add the trim next. Laminate the top a little oversize(1/4-1/2”), and then trim the top with a router all the way around. That way, everything will be flush. my two pennies. Rick.

-- Remember--- one good turn-- gets most of the blanket!!!!

Another quick tip for laminating the top… Do your edge wrap to your subsurface. Laminate the entire thing including over the hardwood. Trim flush with the edges and then to highlight your edge wrapping, use a 45 degree chamfer bit to expose some of the hardwood edging. For a sample of this technique, look at my router table edges… I do this with all my shop cabinets and find that I don’t have to worry about accidentally chipping the edges of the laminate and it add a nice profile to the table edges… Just some more ideas for everyone…
PS: Excellent looking (and funky) outfeed table… will be building one of them for my table saw soon…
Wisty