Project of the Day : Winador Drawers

[Mr Flibble]

Looking good. Why did you go with 1 inch stock? Seems like overkill for the weight they will hold. 1/4 - 3/8in would have been plenty strong enough and given you a bit more storage.

Is that pine?

[compuag]

Wow, Scott, very impressive! Do you hire out for home improvement projects? I'd gladly pay in cigars!

[gwc4sc]

Atta boy Scott. Youre the man !!!! I'm coming over tomorrow. Gonna be a long walk

[My371]

Sweet!!!!

[SIZE=1]Can ya tell that I'm excited about another project? [/SIZE]

[sikk50]

I've been looking forward to a new "project of the day!"

[massphatness]

You never cease to amaze me, my friend! I will be watching with great anticipation.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Mr Flibble

Looking good. Why did you go with 1 inch stock? Seems like overkill for the weight they will hold. 1/4 - 3/8in would have been plenty strong enough and given you a bit more storage.

Is that pine?

It probably is overkill for what's going in the drawers now, but I have a habit of recycling things. If I build scrawny cheap stuff, it bites me in the ass later.
These drawers could very easily be holding nuts, bolts or rocks a year from now, who knows?

The frames of the drawer are made of poplar. The bottoms of the drawers are birch. The faces of the drawers will be oak.
Pine is aromatic. Don't use pine in your humi. It's stinky.

[shilala]

It's raining again today, so I'll be able to finish the drawers here very shortly.
I may even get started on the trays, but I have a PT appointment at 10 that screws everything up, and I'll probably be crippled when I get home.
I'm excited to get the fronts on those drawers. The oak is gonna look sweet.
I haven't decided how I'm going to fit them yet. Don't know if I want to gap them or flush them out. Once the other couple drawers are in, that'll dictate how I do it.

[koolbooy]

u make me mad!




..... j/k lol great job man

[shilala]

Today I finished out the drawers and put my smokes away.
I haven't settled on drawer pulls, have no idea what I'm going to do yet.
In the bottom of the cooler you can see the HCSbeadmats I use.
Boxes fit in the nice, deep top drawer. I have padron boxes in the top two short drawers.
I've already pretty much decided to do the other cooler, but just with four deep drawers for boxes. I think.
More pics...

[shilala]

[shilala]

I couldn't be more pleased with the nice, heavy drawers. I thought it might be overkill and Mr. Flibble suggested it, too.
They're very stiff and very substantial and they look totally professional.
I have a couple air nailers that made making the drawers a breeze. This whole thing to this point has taken me hardly any time at all.
I can see that need to think about making some sort of jig for laying out and installing the drawer glides. It's very important that they are just right, and although I made them work, things could be much better.
The next one will go much better, I'm sure.

[scrapiron]

Nice work!

It makes me want to do mine but who am I kidding, I'm way too lazy!

[awsmith4]

Those look fantastic

[awsmith4]

Originally Posted by shilala

I haven't settled on drawer pulls, have no idea what I'm going to do yet.

You should make drawer pulls from empty cigar tubes