This weekend I was able to get out into the garage and work on the miter saw stand again. I had figured out all of the dimensions I wanted to cut out for the drawer fronts. Saturday I cut out the drawer faces and that wasn't too bad but then I had to find the centers so I could drill the holes for the drawer fronts which was slow going. And then I figured out how difficult it was to mount the drawer fronts on the drawers because there wasn't anything that just lined up flush. After mounting the first drawer face I realized that I should cut out a spacer to measure between the side of the drawer and the side of the face. It took a couple of scrap pieces before I got it the width I wanted, but that made things go much faster.
Today (Sunday) I mounted the faces for the top two drawers which was more of a pain because the drawer wasn't square with the front of the stand. So I had to cut out shims so the faces could be mounted on the drawers and allow the drawers to close all the way. Then I cut out a three quarter inch square to mount on the top to keep the dust from falling off the top and right into the drawers. That was pretty easy so I got that all glued up at the end of the afternoon.
So the only thing left is to buy some thin plywood to mount on the back to prevent the sawdust from getting in the drawers and I'll also do it for the sides too. So at this rate I should be able to get this thing all done by next weekend.
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| I'm very excited to have all these drawers. I used to have two cardboard boxes full of miscellaneous stuff and now it's all in those drawers and nice and organized. |
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| I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I think it looks pretty good. |
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| Joel came out while I was taking pictures. |
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| This is the view from the back. Joel opened the double doors to look through and be in the picture. |
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