On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 4:24:33 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
This might be metalworking or wood working. I'm seriously thinking
about removing the work benches from along the back wall in my shop and
replacing them with a single continuous monolithic steel plate top work
bench. Beveled, welded, and ground flat at each joint. Apx 54' long.
Ok, that part is definitely metalworking.

Here is the part I am undecided about. I want drawers from the bench
top to about 3 inches above the floor from end to end. No. not a 54'
long drawer. LOL. Banks of drawers, to eliminate all my roll away tool
boxes and sort a lot of tools with their related parts. ie: Snap rings
with snap ring tools, etc...

Appearance is a non issue for me. Strength and speed of assembly
probably rank 1 & 2 for importance with cost coming in at number three.
Not all drawers would need to be super strong of course, but I would
like to make them all the same. Right now I am thinking about wood
drawers or folded/welded sheet metal drawers. I have a decent finger
brake and various metal cutting processes in my shop. I also have all
the wood working tools I could need for making wood drawers. No matter
which way I go I'd want to make them all the same way.

I looked at roll away bottom cabinets as an option under the bench, but
they are either way to light duty, don't have drawer configurations that
I like, or way to expensive.

"I also have all the wood working tools I could need for making wood
drawers."

Pocket hole jig?

"Strength and speed of assembly probably rank 1 & 2 for importance...

Buy sheet goods in the material of your choice, build as many carcasses as
you want, slap together a bunch of drawer boxes and mount on heavy-duty, full
extension slides. You could even pocket hole some 1/2" ply for really strong
bottoms.

"Appearance is a non issue for me."

If that's true, then you don't even need drawer fronts, although they would
serve to keep dust and debris out or the drawers and from mucking up the
slides.

"with cost coming in at number three."

Custom fit, no "adapting" of something that already exists and you pick the
price point based on material choice.