A tool cabinet conundrum

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  • drumpriest
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2004
    • 3338
    • Pittsburgh, Pa, USA.
    • Powermatic PM 2000
    #1

    A tool cabinet conundrum

    I have recently gone from a 10" ryobi drill press to a 16.5" floor model delta. While the new drill press is awesome, I sacrificed some storage below my bench model. This leads to me to my question....

    I can either...

    1. spend a bunch of time building a cabinet for under the new dp.
    or
    2. buy a rolling cabinet that will fit under my new dp.

    Sears has a candidate that is 14" deep, and 32" tall, and would fit nicely on clearance, for 118$. If I use slides for my cabinet, it's not a big savings to build. The only issue is that my new dp in on a htc2000, and the flip levers are about 9" off of the ground. So this sears cab, with 5" clearance, would not fit over those levers.

    I don't intend to move the dp around much, the htc2000 is mostly for convenience in the "what if" case, and when I eventually sell this place, it'll be easier to move into a moving truck. So I could remove the flippers, and use the sears cabinet, or I'm back to building one, which is fun, but takes precious time that could be spent building other things...

    Does this argument seem sound to you guys? Any input or ideas?

    thanks,
    Keith Z. Leonard
    Go Steelers!
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    • RodKirby
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 3136
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
      • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS
      #2
      You can see what I did. My new (mini) set of drawers didn't take long to do (old DP base to the right).

      Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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        • LinuxRandal
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2005
          • 4890
          • Independence, MO, USA.
          • bt3100
          #3
          No picture so I am just throwing it out.

          Can't you just modify your existing cabinet to go over the stand of your new drill press?
          She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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            • LarryG
              The Full Monte
              • May 2004
              • 6693
              • Off The Back
              • Powermatic PM2000, BT3100-1
              #4
              I'm like you in that if I can purchase a ready-to-go solution for not a whole lot more than the raw materials would cost for a homebrewed solution, I'd just as soon buy and free up the time for actual projects.

              Another factor favoring the cabinet from Sears is that steel cabinets (which I'm assuming it is) typically have more net capacity than shop-built wooden cabinets of the same outside dimensions, due to the thinner materials.

              Could you fabricate some 4" high riser blocks on which to mount the Sears cabinet's casters? That'd give you the clearance for the flippers, although it would obviously require a corresponding increase in the height setting of your DP table. I keep mine around 42"-45" off the floor, but that may be higher than you'd prefer.
              Larry

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