71Datsun510Wagon
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For several years I've been looking to expand my tool storage capacity but I have yet to find a reasonable priced used, ball-bearing equipped cabinet. Even local auction prices are high.
I found this old Beach top and bottom unit at a garage sale this past weekend. It had sliders and was... uh... 'well used' ! But it did have a price tag of $100 so it got my attention. A little negotiation brought the price down to $65.
Most of the bigger drawers would hardly move, one missing drawer, and a couple of broken rails that attach to the upper cabinet.. likely due to a straightened corner
I might try a couple of plug welds with a mig to reattach the rails, but I havn't got that far yet. Maybe some JB Weld?
I later found a wheel that needed a nut....
Some mid-redo pics:
I have the lower cabinet functional and am working on the upper cabinet:
Official slider straightener tool
The top sliders await cleaning:
I cleaned up the sliders. Most of them had an accumulation of dried grease. Many were bent from the drawers being overloaded. A minute or two with the official slider straightening tool and they were back into reasonable shape.
I sprayed the cleaned and straightened sliders with white lithium grease and it made a vast improvement.
Look! Drawers that will open and close without using two hands and bracing my feet against the wheels !!
A couple more hours of elbow grease and I can start loading some of my overflow/rarely-used tools into them.
Rob
I found this old Beach top and bottom unit at a garage sale this past weekend. It had sliders and was... uh... 'well used' ! But it did have a price tag of $100 so it got my attention. A little negotiation brought the price down to $65.
Most of the bigger drawers would hardly move, one missing drawer, and a couple of broken rails that attach to the upper cabinet.. likely due to a straightened corner
I might try a couple of plug welds with a mig to reattach the rails, but I havn't got that far yet. Maybe some JB Weld?
I later found a wheel that needed a nut....
Some mid-redo pics:
I have the lower cabinet functional and am working on the upper cabinet:
Official slider straightener tool
The top sliders await cleaning:
I cleaned up the sliders. Most of them had an accumulation of dried grease. Many were bent from the drawers being overloaded. A minute or two with the official slider straightening tool and they were back into reasonable shape.
I sprayed the cleaned and straightened sliders with white lithium grease and it made a vast improvement.
Look! Drawers that will open and close without using two hands and bracing my feet against the wheels !!A couple more hours of elbow grease and I can start loading some of my overflow/rarely-used tools into them.
Rob
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