Two under workbench cabinets with drawers

Re: Waste removal

Derek......no, not at all......it's late and I didn't word it well......I meant it as an agreement with you......that you are also using a power router to remove waste.....and that any observer should feel that there are many ways to approach this and many different tools that can be used in any number of ways......that's all....LOL......as a matter of fact, I'll be trying your vertical approach to see how I like it.......

Thanks, Peter.......

Re: Two under workbench cabinets with drawers

Eliot......I wanted to make my own tool.....but, I could not find a suitable piece of metal......I had a couple of scrappers; but, didn't want to sacrifice one......and I also knew I wasn't all that good at working in metal and didn't have a lot of metal working tools......so, I let Rob talk me into buying......that's what he does if you're not careful.....

A couple of thoughts...

Nice job, I like it.  My version was made about forty years ago out of Formica covered sink cutouts with 1/4" aluminum bar stock let in for slides.  (Be careful what you build, you may have to look at it for a long time)

In no particular order...You could dress up the one drawer with through dovetails with a thin (1/8 or 1/4") overlay of similar redwood, If you have room for it.

If you wanted to "pretty it up" you get a piece of veneer with Pressure Sensitive Adhesive and overlay the entire front to give you matching grain pattern on all the drawers.

And, you could remove the bottom two drawers on one or both sides and remake then as a single deep drawer.  You might be able to remove the through dovetail drawer and move one of the lower drawers up into its place. You would have to remove the slides for the second drawer.  I have drawers in mine about that deep and have routers in one and sanders in the other.  Very useful.

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I appreciate this response. I already did exactly what you suggest for covering the one drawer that has through dovetails.(Unfortunately,the color is now too light compared to the others.)  I suppose I'll redo it.

The problem for my particular cabinet  with doing what you suggest about replacing two of the drawers with one deeper drawer is that I have shelves in there that are the same cross section as the cabinet. How would I get one out? I thought about using something like a sawsall ( however you spell it), but I think that would be an unholy mess. I really would like to get one out. but have no idea on how to do it.

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Oh, and by the way, with respect to overlaying veneer of the pressure sensitive kind, that's not how I would do it. I happen to have a wonderful Laguna HD16 band saw fitted with the Resaw King carbide-tipped  one inch wide blade. So what I would do to get a uniform look on all four drawers on one cabinet ... I would re saw the four veneers from one board and then glue them on in sequence.

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Good Idea on resawing your own veneer.  I did not know you had such a capable saw.

I suppose you followed my rant about my 1/2" Resaw King blade.  I am really PO'd at Laguna about it.  It broke with less that ten minutes use.  I asked them to exchange it for a 3/4" blade (same price) and they said NO, they would send me another 1/2" blade, so I asked for my money back and we are at an impasse.  I think I will poke at them again on Monday.

I take it you like yours.

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I absolutely LOVE mine. It's been on for over a year--something like that; and it works perfectly. I use it mostly to re saw a board so that I can get grain matching at all four corners when I make boxes. And the finish right after a cut is almost as good as what I get from a helix joiner. What is the wheel diameter of your band saw? It occurs to me that if it's not big enough, there will be too much flexing of your blade when you run the saw., which can cause the blade to break. But I suppose you've been all over that with Laguna.

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Well it's water under the bridge now, but I watched a guy make a card scraper from an old saw blade. I'm not advocating that because card scrapers are relatively inexpensive, and it looks like a fair amount of work. But that X-10 runs for nearly a hundred bucks! Making one like it from an old saw or some other hunk of the right kind of metal appeals to me.

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Eliot, I have sent you an email. Let me know if it does not arrive.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Derek, you sent me an email? Can't wait to see it but it hasn't arrived yet.

Re: Two under workbench cabinets with drawers

Eliot, it was sent via the forum system ... which may not be working.

Email me at derekcohen@iinet.net.au with your home address.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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I did think of a way to remove a shelf, but I don't think I  will attempt it. I was thinking about a kind of dedicated saw-- I forget what you call them-- I believe it's called a bow saw. The idea would be to put one end through with the blade attached only at one end and then attach the other end of the blade on the other side of the cabinet. Most of the work would have to be in clearing out the waste completely. Otherwise it's a sure thing that the new drawer will get stuck.

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Peter, I thought I posted this in response to an earlier post. but it appears here. Is it me, or is something not quite right?

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I have forgotten how you installed the dividers between the drawers.  If I were to take one out I would use a multitool.  My son and I call it the VibroTool and people look at us with a blank look.  I bought the first one on a whim because Lowes had them on a close out table for something like $75 and I have spent more on dumber stuff.  That one was a battery version and later I bought a corded one. I am often amazed at how many uses I find for it.  It would make short work of that panel.

I have a Bosch one I bought at a tool auction, new in the box that I would sell you for what I have in it. ($135)  If you are interested I will send you the model no. and pictures.

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i have to think about what I want to do here. I do appreciate what you have offered.

My final audit will show......

that "bright and shiny" cost me far less than "blond and curvy".......

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Probably should leave this post alone.

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Nice of you to say. There's a difference between actual age and biological age. I still feel fairly young ( for the most part.)

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