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I picked up a set of the Shopsmith storage cabinets this weekend. Each drawer has a rubber plug on either side handle/pull. It looks like these rubber pieces have 2 functions, to keep the label for each drawer in place and to keep the drawer from opening up on its own. I have one of these rubber plugs missing. Anyone know if shopsmith has parts for the cabinets ? Any member have an extra one kicking around they want to sell? Thanks in advance..Joe

Well I got I got your finger prints on file. Sent off to HLS data base!!!!LOL

Your right, probably isn't a good idea to have a photo of my finger prints on the internet.

I did not know ShopSmith sold cabinets like that.

Very nice.

I am just guessing you must have purchased them in the Ohio region.

I too am missing a couple of the ends you mentioned. I guess the clean up got them as I have not seen them in years. I have not found replacements.

I see you are also missing the plugs for the top holes. Those I have found replacements of sorts for. Rubber stoppers work and I have a post some where here on me doing that. Of course it is not rocket science.

I was in the process of buying the trio but never did get the last one and then they stopped selling them. How ever that is not a bad thing as you can't get three of them under the shopsmith (with wheels on) after you add the lift. In fact two will not fit unless you rotate one of them 90 degrees.

Anyway good luck with the search and if you do find something please let us know because I doubt we are the only ones missing these parts.

Ed

If you look carefully at the cabinet frame you may find the actual manufacturer's name stamped on it. I have a Sears large tool storage roll around and the name of the manufacturer is stamped on the frame on the lower right. On my older boxes the name is inside the top lid and they were from 1972 and 76.
Bill V
PS If you can find the manufacturer and a website they may have the part.

pilvr83 wrote:I did not know ShopSmith sold cabinets like that.

Very nice.

I am just guessing you must have purchased them in the Ohio region.

I actually found them for sale in Vermont..

They used to, but they don't sell them any longer.

Yesterday I picked up a set of these cabinets. Did anyone find where these rubber plugs can be purchased? Also, does anyone know how much Shopsmith sold these cabinets for? I bought the 3 cabinets for $200. So I am interested in finding out if I got a good deal. Last question what years were these cabinets were offered by Shopsmith.

Lodgepole wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:13 pm Yesterday I picked up a set of these cabinets. Did anyone find where these rubber plugs can be purchased? Also, does anyone know how much Shopsmith sold these cabinets for? I bought the 3 cabinets for $200. So I am interested in finding out if I got a good deal. Last question what years were these cabinets were offered by Shopsmith.

I have these (all three) and bought them directly from Shopsmith but I don't remember what I paid for them. According to the link below these were $474 + shipping (for all three) back in 2008 so I would say you got a great deal. I LOVE these cabinets and have used them for years. IMHO they work much better and store more under the Mark V than the accessory shelf does. I even store some non-Shopsmith tools, e.g. marking, measurement, etc. to keep them close at hand by my Mark V. I have never seen the rubber stoppers on each end of the label notches in the drawer handles available on any other metal garage/shop storage cabinet. I don't know where Shopsmith bought these but I highly doubt anyone, anywhere has replacements. I have never put labels in mine, but even if I did I am not sure that the rubber stoppers are necessary. IF you want you could probably make a suitable wood/plastic replacement for these rubber stoppers. Let me know if you are interested and I can picture one of mine and take measurements if you want to try to re-create them. The only complaint that I have with these cabinets is I wish they were integrated with the Mark V frame so that when I move the Mark V they easily go with them. I haven't done it yet, but I have plans to build a mount to attach the red cabinets to the legs on each end of the Mark V. Once I get around to it, I will come back here and post pics of my design to mount these cabinets permanently to the Mark V (suspended underneath it). These are definitely one of the most underrated Shopsmith accessories in my opinion and I am always surprised how few of us own them on this forum...

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