Tool Cabinet Build

In this video workshop michael pekovich shows you step by step how to build a traditional hanging tool cabinet.

Tool cabinet build. Required tools for this project air compressor air hose brad nail gun clamps cordless drill countersink drill bit dust mask hammer miter saw orbital sander router safety glasses table saw. Use a circular saw to crosscut a 4x8 foot sheet of inch a c plywood down to 5 feet long. Having a jigsaw around is going to help out when you re making cabinets too. You re going to be using.

Scriber draws circles around. A low dough shelf pin drilling jig gives you fast no measure accuracy for stable. 11 must have cabinetmaking tools get clean carcase cuts from a toothy blade. Make a template the size of the exposed panel on the drawer front and center two mounting holes to suit your hardware.

Build a hanging tool cabinet. Rip the inch plywood to width on a table saw to form the cabinet s top bottom sides and center divider. Owning a router is going to be very important when you re setting out to make cabinets. His wall hung cabinet holds more than 300 hand tools while taking up only about 12 square feet of wall space.

These can all be found at home centers and lumber yards if you don t have enough material in your scrap pile. Jan zoltowski didn t build his tool cabinet until he d been woodworking for 35 years. Few materials prove as finicky or frustrating to cut as splinter prone. Most of the joinery used to build the cabinet in this booklet features kreg joinery.

By michael pekovich sep 26 2012. Tom built the tool storage cabinet out of leftover materials from previous build it projects including inch oak plywood 1x12 inch select pine and inch birch plywood. Kreg joinery is a relatively new technique in which an angled hole is drilled into one workpiece only and then is joined to the second workpiece using a specialized self tapping wood screw. 15 different types of cabinet making tools router.

With its beautiful dovetail joinery and smart tool storage solutions this cabinet is the perfect way to house your favorite tools in high style. Place the template on the drawer front panel below and drill the hardware mounting holes. The design is an ingenious combination of interior doors and drawers along with multiple divided storage. The results were clearly worth the wait.

Then install the drawer pulls. Use longer screws as needed for your hardware. A jigsaw is perfect for many of the. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva creates wall hung storage for tools and supplies.

Having a third hand speed dolly crown molding clips or sink hookers can help out more than you might think.