My Own Worst Enemy

[Bib Overalls]

Why do I keep on do this. I met a friend for breakfast this morning and afterwards we went to his father's shop. Said he would give me first shot at some stuff they have for sale. I felt obliged to buy something. So I bought this heavy duty file cabinet. $10. When I got it home I noticed it was the same depth as my other file cabinet and 1/2" shorter. So my mind said add a ring of 1/2" square tubing at the bottom and make the tops even. Then I noticed the both file cabinets are the same depth as my tall Lista cabinet and, with the new ring, 1 3/4" shorter. So, an angle iron footing with adjusting feet would bring both cabinets up to the same lever and give me a uniform surface that I could cover with a cut-to-fit stainless steel top seemed to be a natural. So now, just for helping out a friend, I have to purchase two lengths of steel, do some fabricating, pay to have another file cabinet powder coated, and scour up a sheet of stainless. Where would we be without friends? Done!


Shop Remodel 74 by Bib Overalls, on Flickr

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

So B.O., are you going to color match all THREE cabinets? lol

Sounds like 'breakfast' is going to cost you a bundle.

 

[Bib Overalls]

So B.O., are you going to color match all THREE cabinets? lol

Sounds like 'breakfast' is going to cost you a bundle.

Not immediately. I really like red!

 

[larry_g]

When I first saw this the first thought would be to put the tall file on the right and a spacer on the right side to space up to a plywood top that was level. The space between the plywood and the cabinet would store shorts of steel, copper pipe, or what ever would slide in and not get lost. Or make a 2" deep drawer and slide in there. Don't jack up the files and lose a storage space.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Bull]

Those old heavy filing cabinets are great. I use one to store oil and cans...it holds a ton of them and they are easy to access.

I think a lot of us on here are hard-wired not to leave well-enough alone and always to be creating work for ourselves.

 

[Falcon67]

That's the spirit! You should hear my wife talk about the "free" motors I've received from friends/family.