Couldn't afford Lista Cabinets, so -

[gb387]

WOW those things are great! you do some nice work!

 

[Weekend_warrior]

Great looking stuff!

 

[Remi]

They look amazing.

What were the drawer sheetmetal pieces cut out with? Looks CNC cut.

 

[Satatic]

What tools did you use to actually build these?

 

[MXtras]

These were made with 1" steel tubing frames (.083" and .125" wall thickness) and 1"X.125" angle iron. They were cut with an abrasive blade on a compound miter saw, de-burred and mitered for weld prep, then welded with the MIG. I used a flapper wheel on a grinder to blend and clean everything up and then they were wiped down with mineral spirits and acetone, then sprayed with Sail Blue paint from Rustoleum with a pressure pot and DeVilbiss gun.

The panels are all an aluminum composite and were processed on a CNC router.

I haven't forgotten to post the drawing - I worked on it a bit late last week. I should have it fluffed by the end of this week. Sorry for the delay, guys.

Scott

 

[rotus7]

Whenever you get around to making to the plans/cut list available I'd love to have a copy. I have autocad 2003 and desktop 03. I have light 04 but it doesn't do 3-d. My add. is rotus7 (at) gmail.com
Thanks again...you rock!

 

[MXtras]

Plans on the way, guys.

Cebby is gonna hook us up with hosting and posting the files - PDF and ACAD I think. Thanks for helping out, Cebby - I really appreciate it.

Are there any fab questions that you guys have that haven't been answered? Is PDF and ACAD going to be OK for all that showed interest? If not, let me know and I will try to hook you up.

Scott

 

[katoom400exc]

Just the fact that you CAN build those cabinets should mean that you should be able to afford Lista. But why would you with talent like that! Nice work!

 

[MXtras]

Thanks for all the compliments, guys.

I am in the process of buidling a few more things - two larger cabinets for bulk storage and one strictly for fasteners, hose, tubing and fittings. I am taking build pics and I will post them up to when they are complete.

Scott

 

[MXtras]

Drawer consruction - not to be included in plans

While working on the plans, I realized that I did not have any dimensions for how the drawer slides were mounted or located. I will likely not include this info because you guys may want to use better or different slides if you make these WorkStations.

So - I decided instead to show the steps and include some info on how to tackle the drawer slide mounting.

The drawer patterns were cut out on a CNC router from the Aluminum Composite Material. One option would be to plasma or laser cut from sheet metal - which is how I am going to make the drawers for my upcoming tool box, then either spot weld or weld the corners. Making the drawers the way I did took about 1.25 minutes to cut and about 10 minutes to rivet together. The pattern took about 4 tries to make it the way I wanted it.

After the patterns were cut, the drawers were folded, clamped, drilled and riveted together. Then the drawer slide was attached to the frames of the cabinet and the bottom of the drawer - I had pre-drilled the bottom of the drawers on the machine to position the slide the same on each drawer and to save my self some time. After the slides were mounted, the drawer was slid into the cabinet and the face was positioned into the reveal or opening. I mounted the 4" wide handle (MSC, $2 each) first since it has screws - this allowed me to mount the face and make adjustments with the drawer closed. The handle held the face in place then it was transfer drilled through the CNC cut holes into the drawer then the face was riveted. I used 3/16 aluminum rivets with a #10 washer as a back up.

You notice that one side of the drawers is green. This was ACM I got for free so I did not turn it down. I have about 23 sheets of this particular material left - I started out with 75 sheets of the white/green material.

Almost all drawer slides take up 1/2" per side, so if your opening is 19.5", your drawer should be 18.5" wide. The same is true for the ball slides - 1/2" per side.

If any one wants to buy a cabinet I will be happy to make whatever you want and we can discuss price. Like I posted before, the WorkStaion design in this thread would sell for about $650. I can make workshop tables or larger or smaller cabinets or a custom design. I have the materials and the equipment on hand. I specialize in Aluminum weldments so I can make aluminum frames also. Everything I am making for the shop are steel tubing structures.

The last large storage cabinet I just finished took about 4 days to complete so I can offer a two week lead time for custom work. I am located in Virginia, so shipping cost is a consideration.

I may take the suggestion to put one on E-bay to judge the response. What do you think these SHOULD or could sell for? It wouldn't hurt to subsidize my business with the sale of these if they are in demand. I know when I went to find something similar and reasonably priced on the market, I was NOT successful - that's why I built what you see.

The free plans should be up by the end of this week - I assume they will be posted right here in this thread.

Thanks again for all the compliments, guys. Enjoy!



Scott

 

[Cebby]

Finally got a writeup together complete with a drawing download page for Mxtras:

Here's the link

 

[maronha]

wow damn nice how much was all the material to make those? You should go into buisness making them. MAKE ME SOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JeepOnRock]

I am officially inadequate!

 

[BECC]

Those are BEAUTIFUL!!!! MXtra - you are a RULER!! That is an inspiration for building something that will last for years to come.

Thanks Cebby for the links and write up

 

[nmzj]

Curious what materials you are using for the tool box. Do you think 16 gauge is thick enough for the drawers?

Very nice build

 

[MXtras]

I think 16 would be fine for your average drawer with average loads. I have a 3/4" drive socket set and a few 1" drive things - that drawer will likely have a interior stiffener or be made from 14 Ga.

I am not even sure of what gauge the toolbox manufacturers use - I am thinking it's 18, though. I will measure up a few and report back.

My tool box drawers will be 16 Ga.

Scott

 

[Der Bugmeister]

Outstanding work! And thanks for sharing with us.

 

[MXtras]

Thanks!

I am nearly finished building the larger storage cabinets. In all, I built 4 cabinets of this size. One of them was layed out to store fasteners, hose, tubing, fittings and wiring stuff. The other three are just full of shelves and will store whatever - mainly production supplies and misc. shop supplies.

Enjoy.

Scott

 

[MXtras]

The pics did not post in order, so I chose not to post all of the build up pictures - I have maybe 16 pictures I was going to post. Sorry for the screwed up order of the pics that I did post.

Scott

 

[ErVikingo]

Dang............. very nice. I really s-ck at this

 

[MillerSpeed]

just saw the in process pics. holy simple construction batman. makes me wonder why youd build a box any other way

 

[Darren M.]

Do you happen to have a picture of the brake used on the drawers? Possibly while being used? I'm curious on how you the bent the fronts and backs of the drawers. (Sorry for my metal fab ignorance.)

Oh and this picture makes me tingle in funny places....

Oh, and thanks for the plans and to Cebby for the d/l space!

 

[Wile1Coyote]

Awesome!

 

[danski0224]

Do you happen to have a picture of the brake used on the drawers? Possibly while being used? I'm curious on how you the bent the fronts and backs of the drawers. (Sorry for my metal fab ignorance.)

A box and pan brake does the trick... http://www.tennsmith.com/3_1_bench.html

Remove one of the fingers on the top, move the others around so there are some gaps, and the part that is bent up already goes into the gap between the fingers.

 

[32roadster]

cabinets

GREAT JOB

I'm jealous !!!

 

[W-Cummins]

I think 16 would be fine for your average drawer with average loads. I have a 3/4" drive socket set and a few 1" drive things - that drawer will likely have a interior stiffener or be made from 14 Ga.
Scott

You storage units are GREAT I think that you have a great potental to make some $$$ selling the drawer materal in "Kit" form ie. cut out and shiped flat pack style. Lots of people would love to make units like yours or just add drawers to any work bench, but have no way to get the material and cut it out. It would be reasonable to ship too . With one side cut out how hard is it to bend? Looks like it would not be too bad.

William...

 

[the intimidator]

those are some mighty nice cabinets now i really wanna learn to make stuff like that. o well i guess i just need to start small mayby i'll attemt something in a few weeks and see how it turns out thanks for sharing the plans too

 

[rgunn1]

I almost want to get rid of my truck now so I can build a better garage... those cabinets are fantabulous.

 

[MXtras]

I did not use a brake to make the drawers.

Sorry it took so long to reply - I missed your post!!!

The drawers were routed from an aluminum composite material called Alpolic. All you have to do is route a V-groove where you want the bend and then fold it over the edge of a table or whatever to get the bend - no brake required.

A recent post by another member made me look for this thread and I thought I would respond to this old question.

I could possibly provide the drawers as flat patterns if someone was interested - I don't want to do too many as the material is relatively difficult for me to get now - before I could take whatever I wanted, but now I have to scam defective sheets when they become available. I have maybe 25 sheets of the white left at the shop - it has a green back and it's what I used to make my drawers.

Unless you are going to be loading the **** out of the drawers, I strongly suggest using the kitchen drawer slides. I made three drawers for my lathe stand using ball slides and after gliding the kitchen style drawers open and closed the ball slides just seem to have a LOT more opening resistance. One of those drawers in my lathe stand cabinet is loaded with probably over 100 pounds of scrap sized rounds - brass, copper, stainless, steel, etc.

Scott

 

[Slatewear]

HOLY ****! I'd be too intimidated to use those. THey look like they belong in a hospital or a fancy kitchen in a restaurant.

On second thought, I could use those most easily.

PLANS????

 

[70BOWTIE]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!!Those are great, ditto what everyone said above to hell with LISTA whoever they are

 

[leon renaud]

your cabinets look great !you should go into limited production with plans/parts or assembled cabinets.you are obviously equiping more than a home shop what do you do?Being new here I don't know what folks do.I work as a welder/fabricator in a sheetmetal shop and your work is beyond top notch

 

[Cebby]

PLANS????

Plans are with the writeup here:

http://toolandfab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154

 

[Willy Victor]

Gorgeous

Willy

 

[MXtras]

Who here has built any of these cabinets and if so, would you post pics, please?

Thanks!

Scott

 

[Bubbles]

Wow

has anyone though of doing these with wood?

 

[D-Cal]

This company is a Canadian distributor of Apolic products and has offices in most major cities:
www.vicwest.com

Hope that helps someone.

 

[78fj40]

I built these:


What do ya think? Do you like them?

I have more to make - a few large storage cabinets, a few more tables and a 50' long saw table, but this is a nice start. They came out better than expected, I am very happy with them.

Scott

I like them so much, when can I place my order???

 

[Brush]

beautiful.......

 

[1320stang]

very nice, thanks for the CAD drawings.