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As I'm sure is the case for many of you, my workbench went from being a very useful work surface to a mess of random crap that didn't have a place in the shop. So, I decided it was time to organize.
As you can see in the "before" photo, I had an open bottom workbench (which I built a while back) and so I decided to make a simple plywood cabinet with drawers that fit right in the space. With the help of sketchup, I manage to get this all done with about 1.5 sheets of 3/4" AC ply (and 1/2 a sheet of 1/2" AC ply for the drawer bottoms). The drawers work on ball bearing slides (not quite full extension, but I got a good price on the 3/4 stuff and it seems to be okay). The total cost (including all hardware) was about $120 (the slides were the most expensive part at $8/pair).
The shop is now looking way more organized and I have my bench back! Now to make something else...
As you can see in the "before" photo, I had an open bottom workbench (which I built a while back) and so I decided to make a simple plywood cabinet with drawers that fit right in the space. With the help of sketchup, I manage to get this all done with about 1.5 sheets of 3/4" AC ply (and 1/2 a sheet of 1/2" AC ply for the drawer bottoms). The drawers work on ball bearing slides (not quite full extension, but I got a good price on the 3/4 stuff and it seems to be okay). The total cost (including all hardware) was about $120 (the slides were the most expensive part at $8/pair).
The shop is now looking way more organized and I have my bench back! Now to make something else...
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