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Anybody use/seen/heard about these cabinets?

chromeguru

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Hello everyone, first time post to this awesome site! I am redoing my garage and looking to make an investment into some wall/base cabinets. Found these on was wondering if any of you wrenchers out there have seen or heard about them?

http://www.floorjunkies.com/-c-31.html

They look nice, and are decently priced. I will be putting the normal stuff in them, paint/autobody supplies, oil & misc fluids, electrical parts, plumbing parts, etc. I have a stainless tool chest for all of my tools and such.

Thanks for any feedback!

Paul
 
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RacerX

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They're made out of MDF and seem kinda pricey for that. I'd build them myself or have someone do the same locally for less $$$.

Just my .02$ worth
 

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I made some decent looking MDF cabinets for my garage and shop for about $18 per cabinet. I even simulated the raised panel effect using a special router bit. Here's a picture of the shop cabinets:

Cabinets.jpg
 
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chromeguru

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wow, those look nice. I want the black on silver, but easy enough to paint. Thx for the tips, and no this isnt an advertisement. Found them on eBay :) THx again everyone!
 

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Rcleaver - those are nice cabinets! Can you provide some of the details on how you made the frames and the doors? Where did you get your MDF (I am in Warrenton). I need to build garage cabinets and a pantry for my wife. Her pantry need would be a good excuse to get some more tools and then build mine.
 

rcleaver

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Rcleaver - those are nice cabinets! Can you provide some of the details on how you made the frames and the doors? Where did you get your MDF (I am in Warrenton). I need to build garage cabinets and a pantry for my wife. Her pantry need would be a good excuse to get some more tools and then build mine.

I found an article in a wood working magazine. I don't have the reference anymore. They are not difficult if you are skilled at making precise cuts. I got the 3/4" MDF at Lowes in Woodbridge. The cabinet is just a frameless box. The uppers are 15" deep and the lowers are 24" deep. The doors should be cut to the same size as the cabinets vertically, but about 1/4" smaller horizontally, so the adjacent doors don't bind. I used surface mounted hinges because they were less than $1 each, but I would use mortised, adjustable hinges if I were to do it again. I think the cabinets are about 15" wide. Don't make them much bigger than that -- the MDF is heavy and the doors might sag even with a mortised hinge. I used adjustable shelves with the holes about 1" apart. Don't forget to build a bottom frame for a toe kick, or else build the toe kick into the bottom cabinets. The backs are 1/4" plywood with a MDF nailing board across the top. You can see from the picture that I mounted a 2x4 for the uppers to rest on -- permanently. That way they can hold a lot of weight.

I also coated the shelves and counter with 3 coats of urethane. To clean the counter I just use steel wool lightly -- it works great.

BTW, the exact size doesn't much matter as long as the cabinet tops and bottoms are the same, the sides are all the same, and the doors are sized as above. I used jigs wherever possible to get precise cuts, especially for positioning the hardware and routing the doors. Here is the bit I used:

http://pricecutter.com/raised-panel-bits---small/p/186-3212/
 
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