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I'd really like to do something like the above cabinet as my first project with my Shopsmith -- however I'm accepting of not (yet) having the skill to do something as nice. Where might I find simple, free plans for such a roll-away cabinet?

recurvearcher wrote:I think the standard design that hangs from the way tubes could be modified for use with rollers. http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/attachment.htm?attachmentid=1998&d=1220666738

This is a great first project for me to attempt to screw up on my new toys. I have been thinking about how to store all of the darn stuff I have accumulated in the last couple of months and this looks to be the perfect answer to my prayers. Now I just have to figure out how to read the plans..............

Hi pennview! Sorry I missed seeing your cabinet until now. I try to view everything, but somehow messed this one.

Your work on that cabinet shows up well. It is a super job!!! - and very handy also!!

swampgator wrote:I think this is a great design for the smaller parts of the SS, but that jointer is heavy and as I age, I appreciate another thread here that some fellow made an upright cabinet for these larger and heavier parts.

The old swampgator in Pensacola, FL

Steve

Was this the one you remember? The planer (heaviest) is at way tube height and doesn't need to be lifted (far). There's a belt sander around back (you can just see the mounting tubes) and the drawers hold small stuff.

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Paul M

Shipwright, this is very cool and compact. I really like some of the ideas, but someone on this sight had a tall cabinet in which the jointer/planer was about waist high. The cabinet appeared to be about 6 feet tall. It was open on two sides and the other two sides had places for clamps, blades, gouges, fence and mitre. Am in the process of drafting some plans to make something similar with the smaller parts at the top or bottom. At least, if I have to bend down, I'll have a stool nearby to assist me.

Since I've just added the Lift Assist to my Shopsmith, the "standard" hanging storage cabinet is no longer an option. So, I decided to polish up my CAD skills and design one that accommodates the Lift Assist.

In addition, I want to be able to have it detach and roll on its own casters should I so choose. (Hard to say how many of my wishes I'm actually capable of making come true.)

In any event, the first step was to take the Shopsmith project posted earlier in this thread and recreate it as an Alibre CAD design (much like Sketchup -- but I'm more familiar with Alibre.) The linked PDF is a 3D viewable version of the cabinet. Individual parts can be show and/or hidden. You must download the PDF to your computer to enable the 3D -- it won't work when viewing online.

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0RisEY5n5jTODY2Y2I3YjQtZjUwOC00Yzk3LWI5ZGYtMmJlZmIwMjAyZDVh&hl=en

The cabinet design is intentionally left/right swapped since this will make incorporating the Lift Assist a bit easier.

hrmm, the google docs link didn't work. can you try again?

Could be because this is a four year old thread.