Making some drawer rolling tool cabinets

brianh · Feb 10, 2020

I have been wanting to make some cabinets to organize my tools for a while most are in smaller boxes currently. I was just going to do plywood but decided since I had a lot of red oak I would build them from that. Plan on having them for the rest of my life so why not make them nice.

The oak is from a tree I milled a few years ago it had been stickered and air drying. I took what I needed and put it in the kiln to 8% moisture.

Next the joints the dadoes, mortises and panel slots were done on the CNC router, forgot to take pics of setup.

I will add more as I progress it is a spare time project.

Moosefire · Feb 10, 2020

Subscribed. I'd love to do this one day.... will never have the time though. Good luck and cant wait to see the rest of the build

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The Cobbler · Feb 10, 2020

looks like it's going to be another project to follow

captain14 · Feb 10, 2020

Very nice project. I plan on watching the rest of your build.

brianh · Feb 24, 2020

Got some time to dovetail the drawers I made a setup to do them on the CNC.

The wood is Hemlock I get it from a local sawmill kiln dry it then planed it down to 13/16.

brianh · Mar 7, 2020

I got them mostly together, it was going to be 4 separate cabinets but I decided to stack them. I am not really going to be needing to roll them very often and I would rather have the floor space. though in doing that the drawer sequencing in size is mixed, good thing I am not ocd.

I went with cherry on the drawer faces the handles are red oak like the cabinets.

Need to make the one large drawer, that one will get dual slides.

I rubbed them down with linseed oil in a week I will spray satin Varathane floor finish to seal them up.

ifirefight · Mar 7, 2020

As a former cabinet maker at a high end shop, I applaud you. Very nicely done. You are a true craftsman. Those will last many lifetimes. You should put your makers mark and date manufactured on those.

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mv213 · Mar 8, 2020

Beautiful!

Farrier · Mar 9, 2020

Niiiiiice

PugetDude · Mar 9, 2020

Those look great, Brian!

brianh · Mar 9, 2020

Thanks guys, my wife was in the shop yesterday and said those are nicer than our dressers.

I may be making some dressers next.

captain14 · Mar 9, 2020

They look great.

Do you have enough wood for the new bedroom furniture your wife just ordered?

brianh · Mar 10, 2020

captain14, Yes I have plenty, most of the house furniture I have made over the years.

My wife also has woodworking experience more on the finishing end of it. She also re cains chairs.

After I redo the bathroom I may put dressers on the project list.

fourbyford · Mar 10, 2020

Very well done! I especially like the frame and panel construction for the ends. When I ever get my shop put back together I want to do something similar... although I dont have a cnc... lol
Pretty ambitious, cutting all that lumber with a chainsaw! Looks like it worked out well. You mentioned having a kiln? How is it built? Heat source??

...D

brianh · Mar 10, 2020

fourbyford, My kiln uses a dehumidifier to dry the lumber. The dehumidifier itself will get the kiln hot over a few days I put a electric heat thermostat on it to protect the dehumidifier from overheating it can go over 120 degrees I keep it around 110. A hose drains outside the kiln

The box is 12' long 6' high 4'deep sealed with plastic inside. R38 insulation is wrapped around it. when first loaded it can get 4 gallons of water a day if wood went in green, I usually try to air dry on stickers outside for 4 months or more.

I seal the ends of the boards usually with latex paint it helps reduce end checking, end grain loses water much faster than face.

With a good size saw, I use a Stihl 660 a 92cc saw for milling it goes pretty fast. I use a ripping chain for milling the cutter angle is 10 degrees instead of the crosscut 30.
When I resharpen I grind to 5 it cuts even better. with a sharp chain the finish is as smooth as a bandsaw mill. with the advantage of going right up to a log and loading it plank by plank.

Most of the stuff I do with the milled wood is live edge custom work, large orders I rely on other mills.

pcmeiners · Mar 11, 2020

Nice work, for ease of using tools and warmth it should be in you living room.

Thirdyfivepickup · Mar 12, 2020

LXCam · Mar 12, 2020

Very nice.

johnnyb71 · Mar 14, 2020

Insanely good &#55357;&#56397;

Slednut · Mar 14, 2020

Those are nice, you're like Roy Underhill 2.0.

Taycan · Mar 14, 2020

Very Nice - but I have technical question if you don't mind me asking

When you installed the drawer slides, you used shims/spacers running from front to back so the slide would clear the face frame. Why do you mount the shims that way instead of vertically, top to bottom?

I usually use 3 shims per side, because I only use 3 screws to hold the slide to the carcass (front middle back). And, since the bottom of the carcass should be flat and level, I can mark the mounting location for each drawer slide on the shims (height above the bottom) before they get installed.

In your case, it looks like you had enough material on the front and back of the slide to screw into the carcass, and you would have only needed one vertical shim

fnieto · Mar 15, 2020

Beautiful craftsmanship!

brianh · Mar 16, 2020

Taycan said:
Very Nice - but I have technical question if you don't mind me asking

When you installed the drawer slides, you used shims/spacers running from front to back so the slide would clear the face frame. Why do you mount the shims that way instead of vertically, top to bottom?

I usually use 3 shims per side, because I only use 3 screws to hold the slide to the carcass (front middle back). And, since the bottom of the carcass should be flat and level, I can mark the mounting location for each drawer slide on the shims (height above the bottom) before they get installed.

In your case, it looks like you had enough material on the front and back of the slide to screw into the carcass, and you would have only needed one vertical shim

Taycan, There is only about 1/4" overlap on the hardware and uprights.

The shims screw into the uprights and the vertical panel dividers. I put more than 3 screws in the slides, replaced what came with them with 1" screws.

Taycan · Mar 16, 2020

That makes sense, thanks

zkling · Mar 22, 2020

If Gerstner and Lista got together. Beautiful work!

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