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eBay is a really good source for BB slides in bulk, much cheaper than a home improvement store. Could save you a few hundred bucks. 100lbs rating is heavy, super heavy would be a 300-500lbs rating or more. You may consider super heavy slides for drawers that will be really heavy. Or double/triple them up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/20-Full-Extensi...wer-Slide-/170527296137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

I'm about done with ebay for buying and selling. When I buy something like this I like to be able to hold it in my hand to check out the quality. The ones I bought are better than some I had for one of my KRL Snap-On boxes. I doubt any drawer will have more than about 75 -100lbs. These have a 20 year warranty on them.
 
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Built my first drawer this morning. Oh my God the sanding!!,lol

The drawers on this side are 43X23 they will range from 3.5 to 6 inches deep. They have 3/4 plywood bottoms. I think it came out pretty decent for a beginner. what do you think.

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I'm not into those chrome knobs, but otherwise it looks amazing. square and straight
 
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How are the drawers constructed? Did you rabbet or slot a spot for the plywood bottom to go, or was it just screwed down?

I countersunk the holes in the sides, back and inner front after rounding the tops. I predrilled the screw holes and put in 3 inch deck screws. I put 3/4 plywood on the bottom and clamped it into place the predrilled all the holes and put 1 3/4 decking screws in through the bottom.
 
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I assume you will use GREEN felt?

Yeah, I'm torn between the green or the black but I'm not sure if I'm going up the side yet. Ive seen machinist chest with Green Black and a cream color felt. I have an old Gerstner small box that has cream felt.
 

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I countersunk the holes in the sides, back and inner front after rounding the tops. I predrilled the screw holes and put in 3 inch deck screws. I put 3/4 plywood on the bottom and clamped it into place the predrilled all the holes and put 1 3/4 decking screws in through the bottom.

Looks marvelous!

How many screws in each corner and what's the distance between the screws on the bottom?
Is the front glued and/or screwed on and are those knobs fastened from inside the drawer?

Man, this is a kick-*** build. :bowdown:
 
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Looks marvelous!

How many screws in each corner and what's the distance between the screws on the bottom?
Is the front glued and/or screwed on and are those knobs fastened from inside the drawer?

Man, this is a kick-*** build. :bowdown:
Two 3 inch screws in each corner The bottom has 7 screws along the long edges and 5 down the sides. The drawer front is held on by 4. I have to take it back apart because I wanted it fitted before I glued it. I bought some dowel rod that will be glued in as well. Once it comes back out and is glued I'll stain it before it goes back in. I'll stain the entire drawer except the front which will get stained when the box is complete.
 

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Great job on that drawer. I'd never built a drawer myself 'till this summer so I know what goes into them. Your drawer looks nice. Built to close tolerance with the cabinet face which shows the quality of your work. Nice!!
Looking forward to more updates on this project.

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I think you're lying about this "beginner" stuff! ;-)

Looks great
The only other thing I have ever build out of wood was a deck on the back of my house with the help of my wife. No real skill involved in that one other than making sure it square and level but I have never as much as built a step. Now my sons have some skills and if I need some advice they are as close as the phone. My oldest came over and had to show me how to use my table saw. The only thing I know is I look at it and think about building with steel except with wood you can't weld it back on. I've built tube chassis cars so I have some fabrication skills but have never done anything like this with wood. Putting that first drawer in made my day. So much sanding!
 
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Great job on that drawer. I'd never built a drawer myself 'till this summer so I know what goes into them. Your drawer looks nice. Built to close tolerance with the cabinet face which shows the quality of your work. Nice!!
Looking forward to more updates on this project.

Scott
Thanks for the compliments!! It's been a learning process for sure. I can't wait until I start loading it up
 

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Looks great, I have a couple of tips.

1. Run a piece of sandpaper down the edges of the bottoms of your drawers to knock down the edges, will help keep things from getting caught and snagging the plywood.

2. (You are probably already doing this one) When you are cutting the drawer faces, lay them out top to bottom on the sheet of plywood you are cutting, this will keep the grain lines intact on the face of the cabinet and give a cleaner look.
 
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A few more photos from today

My 99.00 dollar closeout special tablesaw getting a breather from a hard workout.

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On the sides, back and front of the drawer I rounded it with a sander so I wouldnt get a splinter.

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Where the front corners meet. I may taper the ends down when I pull the drawer back apart to glue it.
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Me and boots decide it's time to sample the stain. Sand it good boots

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Boots applying some Golden Oak stain

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Thats right Boots rub it in good and don't miss the edge

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This is the color the box will be
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Looks great, I have a couple of tips.

1. Run a piece of sandpaper down the edges of the bottoms of your drawers to knock down the edges, will help keep things from getting caught and snagging the plywood.

2. (You are probably already doing this one) When you are cutting the drawer faces, lay them out top to bottom on the sheet of plywood you are cutting, this will keep the grain lines intact on the face of the cabinet and give a cleaner look.

Good idea on the bottom of the drawers. I sanded the hell out of the top of the drawer bottoms but will hit the bottoms when I take it back out to glue them together.

Yeah, I'm already doing the other part. Thanks a bunch for the tips:thumbup:
 

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Would you give your tablesaw a thumbs-up? I don't do much woodwork, but a good quality, low cost tablesaw would be nice. Curious if your happy with yours.

BTW, tell Boots he's doing a good job.


Scott
 
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Would you give your tablesaw a thumbs-up? I don't do much woodwork, but a good quality, low cost tablesaw would be nice. Curious if your happy with yours.

BTW, tell Boots he's doing a good job.


Scott
I really don't know what makes up a good table saw or a bad one but to be honest I am really well pleased with this tool so far. Being this is the first one I've ever used I don't think I'm qualified to give an accurate assesment. I will say that it's getting the job done. This is something I'll hang onto for sure. For me I give it two thumbs up. For a pro who needs serious precision maybe not. With this saw I wouldn't fear the next job near as much. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
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Very very impressive looks fantastic. I think I would divide the lift up lid in half not only make it easier to lift but I cant count how many times i have laid something on top of a box only to want to get into it, at least if it's in 2 halfs you can slide the stuff across and even maybe mount a vise on one side. Sorry for interfering carry on your way.
 
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Thanks for the compliments but I won't be mounting a vice and the lid is very easy to open with the lid supoorts. Gas struts would be better though and maybe later down the road. The top is too high to work off of even at 6'2" but I spent most of my time in a power weekchair. I
ll listen to any suggestions, thanks
 

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Drawer looks really good. Now my selfish suggestion is that you do some built in wrench racks and the like so instead of just laying in some felt sheets you can use the felt flocking like i found at the local Rockler store. It looks really cool, but i've never tried it and wouldn't mind seeing someone else attempt it first! ;)
 

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Good day MRHOLESHOT and boot's, hope all is well. I am curious, on the drawer face, are you going to leave the veneer's exposed on the edges of the oak ply you used for the drawer fronts or are you going to use some oak edge tape? [ You can get iron on ] Just a tip for you, try to make all the drawer fronts out of one piece of plywood that you lay out all the fronts on in the exact position they will be when installed. This is called book matched, and then the grain of the ply will all match when the fronts are cut out and installed. I hope you understand what i am trying to convey to you.
keep up the good work.
 
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Good day MRHOLESHOT and boot's, hope all is well. I am curious, on the drawer face, are you going to leave the veneer's exposed on the edges of the oak ply you used for the drawer fronts or are you going to use some oak edge tape? [ You can get iron on ] Just a tip for you, try to make all the drawer fronts out of one piece of plywood that you lay out all the fronts on in the exact position they will be when installed. This is called book matched, and then the grain of the ply will all match when the fronts are cut out and installed. I hope you understand what i am trying to convey to you.
keep up the good work.
I'm leaving the veneer on the edges I don't like the tape. Just would feel fake after all the real wood in the box. I had thought about bookmatching the front but I want to be able to see the drawers. Using random peices of wood breaks up the drawers and gives the box definition. I just didn't wannt to cose all the drawers and the front of the box look like one large sheet of wood with a bunch of knobs on it.

This is the back on one of my guitars that isn't bookmatched. Pictures do it no justice. Lots of definition

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Nice work Mrholeshot! You are good at wood working. I'm a bit worried about the casters though. That wood will probably be heavier than the metal equivalent. You probably don't have Grainger Supply near you but I picked up some excellent casters there for around $50 a piece. Five-inch Two-locking casters, all are swivel type. They each have a 450lb weight rating for a total of 1800lb load factor for my welding table.

Thanks for the show. :)
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Nice work Mrholeshot! You are good at wood working. I'm a bit worried about the casters though. That wood will probably be heavier than the metal equivalent. You probably don't have Grainger Supply near you but I picked up some excellent casters there for around $50 a piece. Five-inch Two-locking casters, all are swivel type. They each have a 450lb weight rating for a total of 1800lb load factor for my welding table.

Thanks for the show. :)
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Nice table!!! I'm good on the casters for a bit over 3000 pounds(more sine I got bigger axles. This won't get moved often. I have a grainger supply but their 6 inch casters were 78 dollars a peice for rubber covered Iron like I have. Isn't 2 cents worth of diffferance in the quality and I only have about 15 dollars each in mine. The tool box was kicking my *** today installing a few drawers. Thanks for the compliment. I'm sure no wood worker, lol
 

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Nice table!!! I'm good on the casters for a bit over 3000 pounds(more sine I got bigger axles. This won't get moved often. I have a grainger supply but their 6 inch casters were 78 dollars a peice for rubber covered Iron like I have. Isn't 2 cents worth of diffferance in the quality and I only have about 15 dollars each in mine. The tool box was kicking my *** today installing a few drawers. Thanks for the compliment. I'm sure no wood worker, lol

you should've bought 2 HF boxes, took the casters off, then returned em and said there were no casters and that you have decided to get a different box elsewhere :beer:
 

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Would you give your tablesaw a thumbs-up? I don't do much woodwork, but a good quality, low cost tablesaw would be nice. Curious if your happy with yours.

BTW, tell Boots he's doing a good job.


Scott

I got one just like it. I'm far from a pro also but for the money its all I need. I consider my self more of a barn carpenter than a finish carpenter. :lol_hitti
 
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you should've bought 2 HF boxes, took the casters off, then returned em and said there were no casters and that you have decided to get a different box elsewhere :beer:

Then a tornado would hit my garage and destroy my toolbox:beer:
 
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Just a little update. This thing is kicking my ***. I had a time installing the drawers. 3 more for this side then on to the next side. Wow is this a bunch of work.

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Do me a favor and keep posting how much this cost with all these project photos, otherwise you are going to inspire me to attempt the same project!
 
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Do me a favor and keep posting how much this cost with all these project photos, otherwise you are going to inspire me to attempt the same project!

I have all the wood for the box and all the hardware except three sts of slides and 4 knobs and I'm at about 1400 dollars. It's about 400 dollars more than I estimated. I still have to buy the felt drawer liner and adhesive and a lock and some round stock for the drawer locks and some sort of handle and a ....................... see what I mean:lol_hitti
 
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