My First SS Project

doug45601 · Post by **doug45601** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:48 pm

Looks good! Nice selection of wood too! My projects are usually made of all that cheap knotty stuff.

Your shop looks great and very neat clean, and well organized.

shydragon · Post by **shydragon** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:29 am

I made it out of something called Agathis Plywood, Philipine Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, and some pine.

I have to share a two car garage with one car, so most of the time, I need to cleanup and push everything to one side. I don't have much wall space or storage, I thought this narrow cabinet would help, which it has. But, still, storage and room are a shortage. I would love to have a second shopsmith as some of you have to eliminate some of the change overs, but there just isn't enough room.

greitz · Post by **greitz** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:14 am

Nice job, Pat! Very inspirational. Maybe your second project should be to make and sell a DVD on how to organize a small shop! I'm especially envious of that flat surface (workbench) with nothing on it.

Gary

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:55 pm

shydragon wrote:My project is completely finished, hung on the wall, and most of it loaded. If I had it to do all over again, I would probably make it just a little deeper.

Hi Pat! Your project - especially for your first is most certainly very enviable! Good Work!!:D

I couldn't help but take notice of your observation that a little bit deeper cabinet would help. I have run into the same consideration after using my wall storage cabinets for a few years. This brings me to wonder just how deep is enough? Will deeper cause the unit to sag so that doors don't any longer fit? -or- How do I put my OPR in there?

My thought is that next time I will build any new cabinets deep enough to hold all of the things I wish to store there. However, I am brought to the conclusion that any cabinet depth will ALWAYS be filled with things that make me wish I had made it a bit deeper. Is this somehow related to a law of diminishing returns? (or one of Murphy's Laws that says - All available spaces will eventually be over filled.)]ATTA BOY!:D [/SIZE]

baysidebob · Post by **baysidebob** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:17 pm

Pat, great job on cabinet. Can I come and play in your shop? It is much better organized than mine. Actually mine has no organization at all right now
I really need to change that. A lot of you guys that post pictures of your shop space make me jealous.