Cabinet Suggestions

[GregWeld]

This is a funny thread -- and a good one...

Everybody has a different "budget"... so what is the "best" for one is way out of line for someone else.

Personally - my "shed" has some pretty decent tool cabinets and I've looked at lots of built ins - they're so dang nice - and many are ultra high quality... I just can't bring myself to splatter paint - grease - welding splatter - etc all over something like that "regardless" of my budget.

I figure when I get a little bit older (already the age of dirt) and quit banging and building - then I'll tile the floors and put in "beautiful things"... but then again - I'd probably just plaster decals all over them anyway!

[GregWeld]

I looked very hard at this line that was showing at Barrett Jackson... Really nice stuff...

http://www.baldheadcabinets.com/

[pacificustoms]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I looked very hard at this line that was showing at Barrett Jackson... Really nice stuff...

http://www.baldheadcabinets.com/

Thanks, I hadn't seen those ones yet. Nice units for sure.

[NorwayCharger]

Here´s a place with a lot of stuff for your garage http://www.carguygarage.com/

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Everybody has a different "budget"... so what is the "best" for one is way out of line for someone else.

That really is the key. What does the budget allow. I have a 15' long bench on one side of the garage that I built from 2x4s and high density fiber board for the top. I set my sliding compound miter saw at about the center so I could cut molding. I made the bench when I was doing wood work also. Thats a long gone hobby. But the bench serves me well still. Strong as heck. I use it for my heat treating and inspection bench now. And I have a 700lb cnc lathe on one end of it. The miter saw is still there. Been thinking of removing it for more room.

But the under side of the bench was gonna be finished off will doors and accuride rails and shelves to hold tooling. But that plan never came through. Ended up throwing a sears cabinet in there and used the remaining space to hold all the tools that come in plastic cases. Big pile of plastic cases under there now. And some metal cases. I did finish off one of the sections for my electronic equipment. Like O-scope, power supplies, and other sensitive equipment. I sealed it all up to keep out the dust and "stuff" and hung doors.

But that 15' stretch of bench could have been made into a very long storage space with sliding drawers and the accuride ball slides with doors on wide opening hinges to seal it all up.. At a fraction of the cost to purchase proper cabinets. And more custom to the needs of the builder. An honest woodworker can do great things with wood. Not me

But even a sheetmetal worker can make up his own cabinets also. Back in the day, many years ago I was a sheetmetal mechanic. And thats what I did, made cabinets. They were laboratory cabinets for labs but just as easily could have been tool cabinets. Many ways of doing something. Money will usually dictate that.

Oh, one of my cabinets comes from a bank. Bank lock box units. I have two of them. All the 1/2" SS doors have been removed. But the cabinets are really strong. Welded two units together and mounted it all on wheels. Its prolly got a 1000lbs of tooling in it. Thats where I keep all the lathe tooling. This garage is full of odd crap. Money dictates for me. JR