Oregonredford
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Hey guys.
We have an Accurpress 350 ton CNC press brake and we only had one of those way over priced tool cabinets that has drawers. These cabinets cost between $2500 and $5000. Now I’m not sure how many of you have had to use some of the bigger bottom dies but a 20” section can be about 75#’s. Well the drawers have a lip in front so you can’t just slide the die out and then lift.
Needing more enclosed storage space as well as getting tired of this cabinet I designed a new and much bigger / better storage solution.
See pictures.
I’ve since simplified the design and we are looking to make these for a couple of tooling vendors.
Formed Lexin doors and end panels let the light in. The shelves are open in front allowing one to slide a tool out a little and support that end before lifting.
If anybody has any additional ideas I’m always open to improving a design.
One of the things we did to cut some costs out of the unit which was about $3500 for a lot of storage was to make the Delrin / uhmw supports in strips instead of having the beds made completely out of the plastic.
Solid plastic shelves are about $250 each where as our entire unit has about $400 plastic in it.
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We have an Accurpress 350 ton CNC press brake and we only had one of those way over priced tool cabinets that has drawers. These cabinets cost between $2500 and $5000. Now I’m not sure how many of you have had to use some of the bigger bottom dies but a 20” section can be about 75#’s. Well the drawers have a lip in front so you can’t just slide the die out and then lift.
Needing more enclosed storage space as well as getting tired of this cabinet I designed a new and much bigger / better storage solution.
See pictures.
I’ve since simplified the design and we are looking to make these for a couple of tooling vendors.
Formed Lexin doors and end panels let the light in. The shelves are open in front allowing one to slide a tool out a little and support that end before lifting.
If anybody has any additional ideas I’m always open to improving a design.
One of the things we did to cut some costs out of the unit which was about $3500 for a lot of storage was to make the Delrin / uhmw supports in strips instead of having the beds made completely out of the plastic.
Solid plastic shelves are about $250 each where as our entire unit has about $400 plastic in it.
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