Find in vacated lumber yard.
Gary Smyth
With pending former owner's permission found this near a loading dock. Measured it up and it fits well beneath upper cabinet in kitchen. Don't know what it held -- maybe paperwork.
Little structure to the cabinet -- just the sides themselves, top and bottom and slat back. Shop made. Function only. Tolerances and fit very good. 1/2" bottom, 3/4" sides and top. Held together with 4 and 6 penny nails, eight to a side on bottom and same nailed through the top. Some age splits using too many nails that are easily fixed. I doubt that there is much movement left, other than seasonal in the wood. Back is 1/4" tongue and groove slats, nailed to the base and top with 4 penny. Sides have dados to support runnered trays that in turn hold removable boxes. Boxes have a fitted moulding front that nests with wire supported drawer sled front and some fiberboard/hardboard/art/cardboard combination sides and bottom held together with small nails, cloth tape and hinged canvas strips, glued and sealed on with a binder like lacquer or shellac. It works because the drawer doesn't slide on anything. It rests on the sled which moves via the runners in dados. Plenty strong considering. The four drawer sleds provide some internal stabilization for the cabinet. Owner says been there since the 1920's or 30's. Repaired and repaired again.
I'd like to clean it up and "save" it for little stuff, odds and ends -- nothing heavy, or wet, but a bunch of use. I even like the unique canvas strip bracing. Any suggestions other than nails to put it all back together?
Maybe a better base with a skirt of some kind? The top is warped about 1/4". Rocks badly. Is 3/4" too wide to fit my planer. Try to break and reglue or a new top? Never seen anything like this. If the drawers were painted inside and out (leaving the face) with a carpet or 1/8" ply supporting bottom, it would work for another several decades. Highly serviceable, but is it too rough to even spend time on? Opinions? 
