Finished up a new hardware storage system. I used to have my hardware in Schaller boxes in my Lista cabinets, but wanted to reclaim that space.
When I saw what SOJ had done with the HF storage cabinets, I took the idea and ran with it. Well, maybe I just walked with it- Mine isn't anywhere near as nice (I don't have the space, or more importantly, the carpentry skills he has), but it looks good from home, as we used to say.
In my case, I integrated it into an existing stair I had built long ago. That staircase had a portion with shelves which I removed and built a sort-of cabinet to hold the HF boxes. The "cabinet" part is just 2X10s with a white laminate top. The center divider is 1X10 stock.
I used 48 pieces of 2" aluminum angle, each about a foot long, to hold each side of the boxes up. Seems plenty strong, even for the really heavy boxes.
I painted it to match the rest of the existing staircase, and it looks like it was all planned and built at once (sadly, by the same person...)
Here's a pic:
I used my trusty Brother P-Touch printer for the labels, using the same font as the ones on the rest of the cabinets in the shop (though printed in white instead of black for contrast against the black plastic of the HF boxes.)
Thanks to SOJ for the idea!
You've done a great job with the build.
