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8th May 2013, 09:48 PM #1Senior Member
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Advice/ideas for WIP project appreciated
Hi guys,
Had some non structural pine and some old pine pallets lying around so decided to put together a tall table for my garage potentially to use as a sharpening station. The idea was to use handtools only (work being done at night was the major factor) and make it cheap (the total cost of timber was around $5.00).
My thinking was to put it together and finish with a shelf on which to store the waterstones & sharpening jig. See the photographs attached for where I'm currently at (basically finished less the shelf).
Ok my dilema (finally you say !) is I'm think I was to add a drawer to keep my things dust free and need help or ideas on how to proceed. I have plenty of pallet timber still lying around and mdf as well. I was thinking to make it look nice to fill the sidesand attach the drawer to the added sides. As it's already glued & screwed I don't think I can (easily & neatly) add mdf sides. Do i add pine slats to the sides and attach the drawer to that ?
I'm kind of indecisive about how to move forward. I'm new to woodworking but am happy to learn on the job and am open to ideas.
Many thanks in advance,
Scott
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8th May 2013, 10:24 PM #2
Scott
I'd go with pine slats, let into the inside faces of the legs.
You can cut the joints using a hand saw and chisel with the table on its side.
A drawer front wider than the opening will hide the end of the slats
Depending on the height, you might want to consider two drawersregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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8th May 2013, 11:36 PM #3
I did something similar in that I also forgot to consider the draws when building a cabinet for the garage. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f245/g...-draws-167734/
There is a difference in construction and I think Ian makes a good suggestion. For the draw construction you can do anything you want as this is just for the garage. I might suggest to have a couple of thiner draws as to one large one as I think it makes it easier to organise.
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9th May 2013, 06:31 AM #4
One idea you might entertain is the second (lower) draw, just make it a slide with a hole through it, capable of holding a plastic container for quenching water.
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9th May 2013, 09:46 AM #5Senior Member
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Excellent advice, just the kind of ideas i was hoping for. Thanks guys
I'll post an updated picture when it's finished.
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