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I've got a ton of wire shelves, and they're all basically useless, but even used mechanics tool chests are quite expensive, so I decided to make a weekend project out of it. Two birch plywood panels and two masonite panels, 15 drawers, 32" wide, 16 deep, 48" tall without the caster wheels. With the cost of plywood up, it was about $250 in materials including full extension rails.
Since the drawers are so shallow, only about 2" for the top ones and 4" for the lower, I didn't bother with dados for the bottoms or finger joints for the sides. The 1/8" masonite is just glued and tacked with a brad nailer, same for the sides. Ought to last a lifetime.
It came out pretty well, way more useful than those horrible wire shelves. Now that I have more storage space than I have tools again, I'll need to find more tools to fill it up with
I didn't actually intend to finish this in one weekend, kind of lost track of time at some point. I've got differential equations and quantum mechanics classes in about 8 hours, and not a shred of homework done. *long sigh*. Who needs sleep anyway.......
Since the drawers are so shallow, only about 2" for the top ones and 4" for the lower, I didn't bother with dados for the bottoms or finger joints for the sides. The 1/8" masonite is just glued and tacked with a brad nailer, same for the sides. Ought to last a lifetime.
It came out pretty well, way more useful than those horrible wire shelves. Now that I have more storage space than I have tools again, I'll need to find more tools to fill it up with
I didn't actually intend to finish this in one weekend, kind of lost track of time at some point. I've got differential equations and quantum mechanics classes in about 8 hours, and not a shred of homework done. *long sigh*. Who needs sleep anyway.......