{"id":734,"date":"2013-05-28T02:50:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/?p=734"},"modified":"2013-05-28T02:50:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:50:45","slug":"workbench-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/workbench-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbench Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quite a few years ago I retrofitted my work bench with casters. It is great to be able to\u00a0 move the beast around relatively easily as needed. Trouble was, my wall-mounted tool racks sometimes became inconvenient to reach with the bench in certain positions. A little cheapo 6-drawer plastic unit on plastic casters came my way and I decided to use it to mock up a rolling cart to hold all my most used tools. I thought it would be handy to have my tools wheeled around, close at hand, no matter where my bench was positioned.\u00a0 It did prove\u00a0 convenient for tool access, but I often had to roll it out of my way in moving around the shop.\u00a0 Then the little casters gave out and my mock up was kaput.<\/p>\n

This proved to be motivation to build a drawer unit under the bench top — another strategy I had been mulling for quite some time. I wanted the drawers to be durable and look decent but I did not want to make this into an involved project so I decided to simply miter the corners, then reinforce\u00a0 them with 2-3 splines and glue plywood bottoms into rabbets to add further strength and rigidity.\u00a0 I left a space between the bottom of the bench-top and the top of the drawer unit to provide a shelf and set the unit back enough to be out of the way of the bench-dogs.<\/p>\n

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One thing I did not want to lose was the storage space I had incorporated between the stretchers so I hung the whole drawer unit on drawer glides to allow access:<\/p>\n

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I used doubled up hardware on each side as the heavy-duty rated ones where rather pricey.\u00a0 They are working out nicely. The drawers now hold, chisels, marking tools, saws, and all kinds of miscellanea.\u00a0 I like it!<\/p>\n

Until next time,<\/em>df<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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