I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

And proud you should be. Nice work and good looking finish.

RonB

"Frank" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.


Looks good!

Remember that you can always make things for the shop.

Not only does it make you more organized, it allows you to make mistakes
that will not be noticed by anybody! And, of course, these projects are
good to learn basic skills.

I also understand that woodworking tools just plain LIKE wood cabinets
better than the steel, recycled machanic tool chests.

"Frank" wrote in news:1152628070.894326.297880
@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

Wonderful! Congratulations!

Which plan did you use as a starting point?
--
Best regards
Han
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Thanks everyone! I had a good time building it - it took me about 2
weeks of obsessive spare-time work to complete. There's no difficult
joinery involved (drawers / pieces are joined with Dadoes, rabbets,
screws and glue) but it is very solid and looks nice (IMHO).

Han wrote:
Wonderful! Congratulations!

Which plan did you use as a starting point?
--
Best regards
Han

I'm not sure I can reference it here... It was in a private section of
their website you could get access to if you did a survey (they also
had 4 other plans available in the same place - including the Ultimate
Tool Bench).

Nice job Frank, I just finished a similar one that I designed about 2
months ago. Mine is about 42" wide, 22" deep, and 66" tall and is on 4"
casters. I had posted pictures on a.b.p.w. several weeks ago.


"Frank" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

Leon wrote:
Nice job Frank, I just finished a similar one that I designed about 2
months ago. Mine is about 42" wide, 22" deep, and 66" tall and is on 4"
casters. I had posted pictures on a.b.p.w. several weeks ago.

Thanks!

I do all my news reading/posting through google groups, which doesnt
cary the binary groups, so unfortunately I didn't see your shots.
Sounds like a huge cabinet tho!

Frank

good job.. but it looks too good to be a shop cabinent LOL. I'd be far
too embarassed to post a picture of my first cabinent (which is still
in use in the shop), but I do get a laugh over it when I remember how I
thought it would be trival, and then I managed to goof up a lot of
stuff (Was "winging it", you were smart to start with plans on your
first project).

http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/
Frank wrote:
Leon wrote:
Nice job Frank, I just finished a similar one that I designed about 2
months ago. Mine is about 42" wide, 22" deep, and 66" tall and is on 4"
casters. I had posted pictures on a.b.p.w. several weeks ago.

Thanks!

I do all my news reading/posting through google groups, which doesnt
cary the binary groups, so unfortunately I didn't see your shots.
Sounds like a huge cabinet tho!

Frank

Nice stuff Tom,

Whats up with that second wooden fence on your bandsaw?

On 11 Jul 2006 07:27:50 -0700, "Frank" wrote:

I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

Sweet!
And I'm amazed at how your finish brought the grain out in the Ash.

Joe Bemier wrote:

Sweet!
And I'm amazed at how your finish brought the grain out in the Ash.

I know! It really takes stain well. I think I'm going to do my next
project (a bookshelf) in Ash. Its the cheapest hardwood around.

"Frank" wrote in message
oups.com...
Nice stuff Tom,

Whats up with that second wooden fence on your bandsaw?


Tom was giving you a look at the recent posts to a.p.b.w. That may not be
his BS.

Leon wrote:
"Frank" wrote in message
oups.com...
Nice stuff Tom,

Whats up with that second wooden fence on your bandsaw?


Tom was giving you a look at the recent posts to a.p.b.w. That may not be
his BS.


Ahhhhh. My mistake.

"Frank" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.

Nice work Frank - looks similar to the one Leon made a few months back.

Dave



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Frank wrote:
Thanks everyone! I had a good time building it - it took me about 2
weeks of obsessive spare-time work to complete. There's no difficult
joinery involved (drawers / pieces are joined with Dadoes, rabbets,
screws and glue) but it is very solid and looks nice (IMHO).

Han wrote:
Wonderful! Congratulations!

Which plan did you use as a starting point?
--
Best regards
Han

I'm not sure I can reference it here... It was in a private section of
their website you could get access to if you did a survey (they also
had 4 other plans available in the same place - including the Ultimate
Tool Bench).

Frank wrote:
I'm pretty new to woodworking --- I've taken a class at the local boces
and built a couple of small projects on my own, but I haven't yet built
an honest-to-goodness piece of furniture....until now.

I needed a place to keep all the measuring and hand tools that I've
started accumulating in my shop, so I decided to make a tool cabinet.
I got a plan from Popular Woodworking and changed it slightly. The
carcass is made out of cabinet-grade maple plywood and the drawer
slides, drawer fronts and edge banding are all Ash.

Here are some pictures of the tool cabinet after staining and finishing
with 4 coats of wipe on poly:

http://static.flickr.com/67/187084705_e10422b864_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/74/187083524_a51f14ee9c_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/45/187082158_076ee1b527_b.jpg

and here is one before the finish:

http://static.flickr.com/24/183450058_8a9dd39550_b.jpg

I'm proud of it- its not perfect but it feels like a good start.


Frank,

You've every reason to be proud of it. It looks good, it's functional,
and it follows what a lot of guys say is a good first project; something
in the shop that will be with you for a long time.

I too, am new to the hobby, and have yet to jump in with a bigger
project. Seeing your pics has given me one more little nudge to move
beyond the stage I'm at. Thank you.

Tanus

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