New Age Bold Series 3: Stacking Rolling Drawer Cabinets?

[thrifty bill]

I bought a garage full of New Age Bold, some on their Black Friday sale, along with a 12 piece set that was on sale at Costco.

The 13 piece set includes two small roller drawer cabinets. Those spots are reserved for my Hifi set up, got to have music in the workshop.

Like many work areas, floor space is quite limited. So I am considering bolting the two units on top of each other. This will make a really narrow and tall drawer rolling cabinet. Wondering how stable that will be? Before I do something I will regret later, I thought I would ask here.


Too late to mention now, but in November, New Age had their four piece starter set: 30 inch locker, 60 inch upper, and 60 inch workbench. It was half off, which made it cheaper than just the 30 inch locker. So I got three of those, even though I did not need the extra benches. The same starter set is now a "Hero" deal at 34% off, still a very good deal.

 

[thrifty bill]

One other small issue on New Age is they don't sell additional shelves for the 48 inch locker. They do sell them for the 30 and 42 inch models. They also don't sell additional shelves for the shorter 24 inch lower cabinets. I want to store my stereo in one. They come with just one shelf.

 

[rocksnstumps]

If you are going to double stack them would only leave the wheels on the bottom one if their typical home is like a corner with a surface behind and on one side. Maybe before you bolt things together try a couple long strips of double sided tape as your fastening system. If you start pulling top drawers out and seems tippy can always undo the stack. Or works fine, bolt em later for your final solution. I can tell you from experience though that if all four wheels swivel that stability is compromised on tall narrow stuff.

I have a set of office file cabinets that are very much like that in general dimensions (but mine couple narrow drawers on top with a lower deeper file drawer on bottom) which both of them also had wheels. I just felt better taking all the wheels off when I double stacked them and decided on a "permanent" home near my floor drill press work area (something else tall and narrow)

 

[rancherbill]

...... So I am considering bolting the two units on top of each other. This will make a really narrow and tall drawer rolling cabinet. .....

How Tall are you to get into the top drawer?

Definitely bolt them and sturdily restrain them against a wall. They will be really tippy. When you actually look at the whells the pressure point is not at the outside of the cabinet. As an alternate way to join them, us 2 pieces of angle iton on the corners vertically to join them.

 

[thrifty bill]

Yes, I am just about convinced I will secure to the wall if I do this, and place on blocks and remove the casters. Decisions, decisions.