When we bought this house and detached garage, I immediately saw my new
shop and where I wanted everything. I knew I wanted a bench with
mitersaw. I started these last November after I insulated and walled up the
shop. After a trip to the Habitat for Humanity Restore, I bought these
cabinet doors for $5 each. I figured it would save me a lot of time and
money. They were already drilled out for hinge cups, too. I planned the
cabinets around the doors.
Upper cabinets were a piece of cake. Melamine sides and oak face frame and
adjustable shelves. Glued and screwed cabinets. These came out perfect for
me.
Lower cabinets a whole different story. Problem 1) the 2 doors make the
bottom cabinet 50". That one sheet of plywood for the back just became 2.
Problem 2) I also somehow screwed up the location of the partition on both
cabinets. So not only did I need to make slightly different width drawers for
each door side, but I also needed to shim the slides because the partition
also made the cabinet deeper in the back and skinner in the front and vice
versa. I found this out AFTER making all the drawers. I ran out of oak, so
for now no drawer fronts. Started in November, I'm calling it done now.
Bench tops are salvaged laminate I brought back from work. They are half
lapped 2x4s underneath and banded with oak. The portion that holds the
mitersaw is scrap from this build. It's held in place with T-nuts and bolts. I
need to work on a system to catch all the dust now.
Paul
shop and where I wanted everything. I knew I wanted a bench with
mitersaw. I started these last November after I insulated and walled up the
shop. After a trip to the Habitat for Humanity Restore, I bought these
cabinet doors for $5 each. I figured it would save me a lot of time and
money. They were already drilled out for hinge cups, too. I planned the
cabinets around the doors.
Upper cabinets were a piece of cake. Melamine sides and oak face frame and
adjustable shelves. Glued and screwed cabinets. These came out perfect for
me.
Lower cabinets a whole different story. Problem 1) the 2 doors make the
bottom cabinet 50". That one sheet of plywood for the back just became 2.
Problem 2) I also somehow screwed up the location of the partition on both
cabinets. So not only did I need to make slightly different width drawers for
each door side, but I also needed to shim the slides because the partition
also made the cabinet deeper in the back and skinner in the front and vice
versa. I found this out AFTER making all the drawers. I ran out of oak, so
for now no drawer fronts. Started in November, I'm calling it done now.
Bench tops are salvaged laminate I brought back from work. They are half
lapped 2x4s underneath and banded with oak. The portion that holds the
mitersaw is scrap from this build. It's held in place with T-nuts and bolts. I
need to work on a system to catch all the dust now.
Paul
They would definitely be a step upward from what I have.
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