I've been waiting & searching for a metal cabinet to go under my table. A lot of good buys but most wouldn't fit or not the right one.
I had some scraps left over from some other cabinets I built. I designed the cabinet around the drawers since I had a good idea what I was going to use them for...right angle grinder discs, orbital sander pads, & hardware so far.
I cut all the drawer boxes up, nothing fancy just simple & quick.
I'm using 20" 100lb. ball bearing drawer slides. I sized up all the drawers then measured for the cabinet.
I had some 1/8"x 1" zinc coated flat bar stock I'll use for the handles. I started to paint these but sometimes a 60 grit sander pad puts a nice swirly pattern that looks good. I sprayed a clear coat on them & used some plastic spacers I had from somewhere.
I painted it gray & might put a semi gloss clear coat on it so I can easily wipe the dirt off.
The top drawer I used a salvaged broom stick for dowels to hold the discs. The dowels had to be slightly smaller to fit the discs. I ran them in my drill press & held sanding blocks on each side.
The second drawer holds all the orbital sander pads.
The third drawer will hold some various nuts, bolts, & washers. I seen a guy on YouTube cut sections of plastic downspout. He stapled plywood bottoms on his but I didnt like that. I have some sheets of pvc I'm going to line the drawer bottom with then use pvc glue & plastic weld the boxes to the bottom.
I'm thinking about hanging my grinders on the side of the cabinet for a next project. Thanks for viewing!
I had some scraps left over from some other cabinets I built. I designed the cabinet around the drawers since I had a good idea what I was going to use them for...right angle grinder discs, orbital sander pads, & hardware so far.
I cut all the drawer boxes up, nothing fancy just simple & quick.
I'm using 20" 100lb. ball bearing drawer slides. I sized up all the drawers then measured for the cabinet.
I had some 1/8"x 1" zinc coated flat bar stock I'll use for the handles. I started to paint these but sometimes a 60 grit sander pad puts a nice swirly pattern that looks good. I sprayed a clear coat on them & used some plastic spacers I had from somewhere.
I painted it gray & might put a semi gloss clear coat on it so I can easily wipe the dirt off.
The top drawer I used a salvaged broom stick for dowels to hold the discs. The dowels had to be slightly smaller to fit the discs. I ran them in my drill press & held sanding blocks on each side.
The second drawer holds all the orbital sander pads.
The third drawer will hold some various nuts, bolts, & washers. I seen a guy on YouTube cut sections of plastic downspout. He stapled plywood bottoms on his but I didnt like that. I have some sheets of pvc I'm going to line the drawer bottom with then use pvc glue & plastic weld the boxes to the bottom.
I'm thinking about hanging my grinders on the side of the cabinet for a next project. Thanks for viewing!