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Underbench cabinet: final pictures Stage One.

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Underbench cabinet: final pictures Stage One.

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

These are final pictures of Stage One. "Stage One" - what does that mean? Well, the first step is to build the cabinet under the bench. The second stage will be to fit out the drawers for the tools. I plan to do some of the latter shortly, and some later. I will post these as they are done. For now, here is the underbench cabinet ...

The rear, before the back was installed ...


The front. The ring pulls are antiqued brass (they are not shiny). I need to work them a little more to remove the still-new look. These were chosen as they drop down and do not project out from the front of the cabinet ...


Under the bench ...


The bench top received a little flattening, and a single coat of danish oil ...


Someone is sure to ask why the cabinet is low. The answer is that there needs to be space for hold downs ...


The drawers manage about 90% extension ...


One of the first fit outs will involve this set of Kiyohisa bench chisels I have been collecting one-by-one (these are no longer available) ...


And here is one of the small drawers ...


Thanks for supporting the build to date. Hopefully there were some aspects that will prove helpful.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Buck Nall

Wwaaaayy down in South Ga. USovA, your pictures showing that VICE has made my day!!!

My intention is to get a 2x6 Oak, put a large heavy hinge on lower end connected to

work table & using as large ALL THREAD as I can get with NUTS and ,cte.,cte.,

So I wannan thank You as if you lived jess down the road from me!

Much Oblige!!

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Clint Searl

My wife would never...

Clint Searl

...let me keep it. It's one of the subtler designs displayed in these pages. The front panel of drawers and dividers inset from the case, with the perfect pulls to interrupt the stark rectilinearity cannot be improved. Wabi sabi

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Ellis Walentine

Gorgeous, Derek!

Ellis Walentine

That bench makes my Klausz bench look like a poor relation. :) I applaud your storage solution, too, not to mention the craftsmanship.

Thank you for showing us the possibilities.

Ellis

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Nice Furniture! For the shop?

Henry (Raleigh NC)

Ummm I guess I won't show the slapped together cr@> I assembled from scrap for a few storage drawers under my 'bench'!

Nicely done Derek, I always enjoy your designs, the results, and especially your detailed process explanations. To me it really helps to know not just 'what or how', but the why - thank you for all of those.

Henry

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GolfSteve in Calgary

Lovely. That's something I've wanted to add to my bench for ages.

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Virgil Johnson

Nice work. I have followed the entire build but held my applause until the end.

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