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   wrudiger | Sep 25, 2006 06:19am | #1

   Sorry, I can't help you on the article. Just wanted to share my philosophy on shop cabinets. 

   In order to justify spending more time working on the shop than working in the shop I try to treat every improvement project as an opportunity to practice - new joinery, different assembly or finishing techniques, etc.   Think about some new skill you want to learn for an upcoming project and practice it on something you can use in the shop - and that won't constantly bug you if (when) you make some mistakes.

   FWIW - Wayne

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   chills1994 | Sep 25, 2006 02:57pm | #2

   okay okay...I'll admit it.  I'm lazy.  Chances are good that the article I am looking for had a cut list, if not a cut diagram.  I think the author would have tried to maximize/optimize what he could get out of a 49" X 97" sheet of MDF.

   No these aren't for the shop, but rather for the garage.  The girlfriend and I are tired of looking at all the clutter of open shelves.  We would rather have everything behind cabinet doors or in drawers, and subsequently dust free.

   I scrounged these super duper cabinet leveler feet when a Border's book store was throwing out a bunch of book shelves.  I plan on putting those to use, to keep the cabinets of the (damp) concrete garage floor.

   Unless, of course, someone I know might be remodeling their kitchen and are pitching out their old cabinets.  I'm thinking about calling Habitat for Humanity.  I have heard they have stores where they try to sell old stuff.

    

   Thanks for the reply!

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   Buster2000 | Sep 26, 2006 01:18am | #3

   Unless, of course, someone I know might be remodeling their kitchen and are pitching out their old cabinets.  I'm thinking about calling Habitat for Humanity.  I have heard they have stores where they try to sell old stuff.

   Yep they do, look for 'Habitat for Humanity Restore'.  They also take donations of old tools as well.

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   lawrie | Sep 26, 2006 01:56am | #4

   Hi,
   One of the articles was in American Woodworker, Issue 112, in January 2005. Cover article. Three-section cabinet with countertop and overheads, in "Modular Shop Cabinets." Same issue had mini sawmills, an Arts & Crafts picture frame and featherboards.

   There is a great one on an almost Federal-looking bench in FWW a few years ago, and, of course, many on the workbench itself. Am. Woodworker also had an article n Issue 96, October 2002, on a tool cabinet that "holds a ton." A base chest with a bookcase-style set of shelves on top.

   Let me know if I struck out and I'll check again, but please give me some more hints. I have most issues of FWW, American Woodworker, Popular Woodworking, Workbench and Woodwork (what a geek, eh?).

   Maybe I should stop looking at magazines and make some more stuff.

   Regards,
   Lawrie

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   lawrie | Sep 26, 2006 06:02am | #5

   Sorry, but I didn't see your line about the chest being painted.Perhaps it is the article, "Building a Tool Chest For Your Shop," which appeared in Woodwork, Issue 101, October 2006, page 38. Tall cabinet, 79" tall x 40" wide x 17 " deep. Saws on the inside of one door, a straight edge w/ square on the other, shelves in the top and bottom, drawers in the middle. By Michael and Barbara Cullen, with a 1/2 page BOM.Lawrie

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   chills1994 | Oct 01, 2006 07:51pm | #6

   Thanks for the replies.

   Chances are that it is the "Modular Shop Cabinets" article.  The magazine that had the article I am looking emphasized the inexpensiveness of using MDF and (green) latex paint to finish them.

   A buddy's father collects just about every woodworking mag under the sun too.  I'll try him too, see if he remembers seeing it.

   Nah, you're not a geek at all for collecting all those WWing mags.  I used to do the same thing at one time too.  FWW, Amer. WW'er, and Workbench?? (I think that is the glossy artsy fartsy West Coast WWing mag).  After Reader's Digest took over Amer. WW'er, the magazine went downhill fast.  So I let my subscribtion go. 

   Workbench (or is it wood something or another??) was just too pinkey fingerish for me.  If you know what I mean.  The magazine seemed to represent a liberal or left wingish political agenda to me, also.  Too many old guys with pony tails and rastasafarian colors on.

   So that leaves me with a subscription to FHB and FWW.

   I do like the non-gloss approach of that latest Woodworking mag.  Black and white photos and no "overt" advertising.