Re: Lista Cabinets come to the 12-Gauge Garage -- and I've got questions
Thanks for the input, guys.
Outlawms, it's funny you should mention that. I was in Chicago last weekend for my 30th high school reunion. I'm still trying to figure out what happened to all of that time.
One correction: it was three more cuts, not four. akdiesel, I'm using an ordinary circular saw with a Freud Diablo metal cutting blade. It's amazing how easy it makes something like this.
Here's the piece that is now ready for the scrap pile.
And here's still another way the lift comes in handy. Without the drawers and its bottom half, the cabinet was a lot less than its original 480 pounds. But it's still heavier than you'd expect. Unwieldy, too. I don't think I could lift it up to the height it's going to without help.
And here's a quick test to see the overall fit before I weld anything. It looks tall here, because it's on the lift cart -- but it's right where I wanted it.
And here's the part that was maybe confusing. If you look at this picture, you can see that if the toolbox came out as far as the cabinets under the bench to the left, then opening whatever drawer was the same height as that big piece of steel would be stopped when it came to the edge of that steel.
Now if you look at the assembled picture of the new green cabinet one photograph back, you'll see the section with the hole cut out for the old lock. That section is now right at the level of the steel bench top. So the drawer below it can open all the way and go just under the steel bench, and the drawer above it will open all the way just above the steel plate.
At least, that's the theory. It's possible that I'll never need to open that particular drawer that far. In that case, the blank section still adds strength to the cabinet.
I couldn't wrepmy brain around that too well... 
