09-16-2021, 07:30 PM
I just finished this cabinet for bolts and screws and small parts. Baltic birch plywood with American black walnut drawer faces and trim. This is my first project to include a live edge of any kind. It was a last minute idea, but I think it turned out pretty cool.
This fits the same depth dimensions as all my other recent shop cabinets which I have standardized on the same depth and the same caster size. This will allow me to put all the cabinets together on the same wall if I ever want to and they'll essentially "match" as a sort of modular system.
A little story about the walnut. It came from my stash which I have been holding and lugging around to every new shop for the last 20 years. I bought it as part of a pile of various species of hardwood at an estate sale about 20 years ago. (My daughter was maybe 7. She's 24 now.) I offered the seller about $200 for the stack (a pickup bed full) and he turned me down. I said, "Well, if you change your mind, call me." After getting no other interest, he called me that afternoon.
And some was definitely too split or checked or what have you. Trash, honestly. The wood really wasn't that great. It was rough sawn, but I think most people would have graded it as seconds from looking at it.
But I never have been able to bring myself to get rid of it. Instead, I've just slowly milled it up on a per project basis and made all sorts of neat projects with it. A surprising number of boards have yielded some fantastic figure and very usable lumber. I love knowing I've had this pile of "sow's ears" and managed to make all sorts of "silk purses" out of it. (My dad always said that.)
Anyway, thanks for looking!
This fits the same depth dimensions as all my other recent shop cabinets which I have standardized on the same depth and the same caster size. This will allow me to put all the cabinets together on the same wall if I ever want to and they'll essentially "match" as a sort of modular system.
A little story about the walnut. It came from my stash which I have been holding and lugging around to every new shop for the last 20 years. I bought it as part of a pile of various species of hardwood at an estate sale about 20 years ago. (My daughter was maybe 7. She's 24 now.) I offered the seller about $200 for the stack (a pickup bed full) and he turned me down. I said, "Well, if you change your mind, call me." After getting no other interest, he called me that afternoon.
And some was definitely too split or checked or what have you. Trash, honestly. The wood really wasn't that great. It was rough sawn, but I think most people would have graded it as seconds from looking at it.
But I never have been able to bring myself to get rid of it. Instead, I've just slowly milled it up on a per project basis and made all sorts of neat projects with it. A surprising number of boards have yielded some fantastic figure and very usable lumber. I love knowing I've had this pile of "sow's ears" and managed to make all sorts of "silk purses" out of it. (My dad always said that.)
Anyway, thanks for looking!
T.J.
Head Piddler, My Shop
Central Arkansas
Head Piddler, My Shop
Central Arkansas