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Heres a few pictures of my first cabinet.
The base is a 2x4 frame with 2 sheets of 3/4 ply inlayed.
The sides, rear & drawer faces are 3/4 ply with the drawers themselfs madeup of 1/2" ply. the edging trim and drawer handles are made from 5/4 mahagany with the vertical mahagany bisketed to the ply.
In building this i found using a 3/8" forstner bit worked quite well for a pocket hole followed by a pilot hole witch in a few places (drawers, center support)
On the right side the vertical mahagany supports the bt rails & will be used for support for any additions. The rail will slide over the supports.
I was leary about not having the drawers un-uniform but decided to size the drawers to spefic tools that they would be used for. plam sander, belt sander, router base, screws , drill drillbits , router bits ect....
I got the wood from a local yard with the ply being seconds,5/4 10.00 for 10',wheels from HF,drawer rails from lowes,coated with antique minwax. An overall cost @140.00.
Its much easier to start at the bottom and work your way up but in this case I had to start at both ends and work toward the middle. As I wanted rail support and may add a rail track slide for the bottom of the rails. Which will fit in the underside T-slot.
The base is a 2x4 frame with 2 sheets of 3/4 ply inlayed.
The sides, rear & drawer faces are 3/4 ply with the drawers themselfs madeup of 1/2" ply. the edging trim and drawer handles are made from 5/4 mahagany with the vertical mahagany bisketed to the ply.
In building this i found using a 3/8" forstner bit worked quite well for a pocket hole followed by a pilot hole witch in a few places (drawers, center support)
On the right side the vertical mahagany supports the bt rails & will be used for support for any additions. The rail will slide over the supports.
I was leary about not having the drawers un-uniform but decided to size the drawers to spefic tools that they would be used for. plam sander, belt sander, router base, screws , drill drillbits , router bits ect....
I got the wood from a local yard with the ply being seconds,5/4 10.00 for 10',wheels from HF,drawer rails from lowes,coated with antique minwax. An overall cost @140.00.
Its much easier to start at the bottom and work your way up but in this case I had to start at both ends and work toward the middle. As I wanted rail support and may add a rail track slide for the bottom of the rails. Which will fit in the underside T-slot.
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