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NewShockerGuy

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Have a buddy that works at an Aston Martin/Bentley dealer and they are demo'ing one of their sites. I helped him hang one of his cabinets that he got from work last year and it was pretty good in size... HEAVY.

Well he calls me a couple days ago to let me know they have three more, and that he wants one, but I can have the other two.

They have to weigh at least 100-120lbs probably more honestly. Solid plywood all the way through.

I'm trying to decide if I want to have the open area on top or the bottom, and then just switch the doors accordingly.

They are 77" wide, 45" tall, and 12" deep. Very solid units. I am probably going to paint them gray/white to match what I have in the garage, but I have to move some stuff around. And figure out how to hang it. I figure if I get 16" deck screws in this and into 6 studs... 6 screws across and 3 rows that should be more than enough to hold it on the wall right? Is there a point that you can have TOO much on the wall studs and they move or cave in? Or is that silly? I believe the drywall in the garage is 3/4" so I'd probably use at least a 3" screw. The way they had these up at his site was about 8 dry wall screws into plywood on the wall, with a couple dabs of what appeared to be liquid nails or the equivalent on the back!?

Anyways, figured I'd attach some pictures.

He said these from the 90's. They are in near perfect condition, almost like they weren't used. Probably dedicate one of these as a detailing cabinet, and then the other I'll take to the basement and frame it into the wall then trim it out to have built in storage...

-Nigel
 

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rieferman

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Wow.

Firstly. YOU ****. Nice score.

Secondly... A few ideas since these are so heavy duty:
- You could consider making a really nice mobile cart out of these potentially. I can't tell exactly how tall they are, but with a nice top, those would be rock solid. Maybe even affix them to each other back to back. Depends on whether your shop needs this type of work station though (mine would love a work station like that).

- You could also consider stacking them on top of each other, and affixing to the wall.

- Similar to mobile cart, you could use these as lower cabinets along a wall with a butcher block top.


If you decide to hang them as wall cabinets, I'd put up a ledger board to ensure they're level and to act as a dead man while you're doing the work. A 1" strip of 3/4" pine would suffice. In a garage, I'd just leave that strip in permanently as extra "load sharing insurance". Use good screws (not sheetrock screws) where about 1/2 the length of the screw will penetrate the studs - most hardware stores carry cabinet screws which have a nice head on them that won't pull through the cabinet. So, add cabinet back wall thickness to sheetrock thickness and multiply by 2 to decide on screw length. Air on the side of "longer screw" than shorter.

I don't think your studs will have any issue with the cabinets, but I'd be looking at some of the types of ideas like I listed above. Heavy duty cabinets can serve two purposes if used like that.

Any which way, you ****.
 
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