Showing 1 through 20 out of 35 articles containing "file cabinet"
Oak File Cabinet
…File Cabinet This file cabinet features frame and panel construction and dovetailed drawers that ride on metal full extention slides. To simplify building the cabinet, … to find a file. (Woodsmith Project Supplies is offering a complete hardware kit for the file cabinet, see Sources, pa^e 31.) finish. To finish the file cabinet, 1 started by …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 74
April 1991
Modular File Cabinets
… FILE CABINETS This home office solution is straightforward to build and can be adapted easily to meet your storage needs. T hese file cabinets are easily one of the most…false front to the drawer front. W DRAWER FRONT OPTIONS You can give your file cabinet a slightly different look simply by building different false fronts for the drawers, as…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 144
December 2002
File Storage Cabinet
…file Storage Cabinet Spice up the storage in your home or office with this decoratively designed file cabinet. Several years ago, “experts” were talking about how computers and… I ever did. And to keep it all organized, I rely on file cabinets. The good news is, file cabinets don’t have to be the unattractive metal or fiberboard boxes …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 179
October 2008
File Cabinet
File Cabinet ORGANIZE BILLS AND RECORDS PLUS STORAGE ON TOP Most file cabinets have one major drawback: there's no place to store things like a checkbook, calculator, …those things close to all the papers, bills, and documents. So when I built the file cabinet shown here, I included two storage compartments and a lid on top. CUTTING THE WOOD …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 7
January 1980
File Cabinet
…file cabinet and store everything under nice little headings. But those metal things just don't have much personality. The more I thought about it the more I liked the idea of building a wooden file cabinet…to be determined first. Then the cabinet can be sized to hold this size drawer. FILING SYSTEM. On most file cabinets the folders are held in …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 29
September 1983
Jewelry Cabinet
…earrings. And brass drawer pulls and specially-designed brass necklace pegs give the jewelry cabinet an elegant look. 6 Woodsmith No. 106 OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 18"W x 12"D x 40#/8"H CROSS SECTION …legs basic. All you need is a band saw, a drum sander, and some rasps or files — no carving and very little shaping are required. Refer to page 14 for …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 106
August 1996
Icebox Wine Cabinet
…-part TOP ASSEMBLY From the outside, the top of the wine cabinet looks like an ordinary cabinet top — a frame with two raised panels. The difference is that there’s another…) with a file. This gave the latch a little more room to fit smoothly and hang vertically. 52 • Woodsmith / No. 221 ANTIQUE FINISH. I wanted the finish for this cabinet to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 221
October 2015
Sliding Door Cabinet
… used as splines to hold the mitered case together Adjustable shelves in doors and cabinet gives you plenty of storage options A folding, slide-out tray makes for a handy worksurface… Hardboard Template. Drill the corners of the template first. Then cut away waste and file to the line. Attach Cleats. Use pin nails to attach cleats. For size and…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 235
February 2018
Barn-Door Cabinet
… a charming addition to an already stunning cabinet. ABOUT THAT CABINET. In order to match the rustic appeal of the hardware, the cabinet itself gets treated with a glazing and distressing …to smack the surface to create indents, and various files and gouges to leave marks. However you decide to finish this cabinet, you’re sure to have an heirloom …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 237
June 2018
Monterey Cabinet
… DRAWER It’s time to give some attention to storage for the cabinet. The space in the bottom of the cabinet is hidden by the doors you see in the drawing … place and the doors are hung, you can 1 Ring Pull Plate (1#/4" x 2!/4") %/16 NOTE: File a notch on inside of metal corners Notch 2!/4 Metal corner (1!/4" x 2!/4") NOTE: All backing plates are…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 256
August 2021
Shop Storage Cabinet
…, sandpaper, bolts, nuts, and a dozen little tools. "How about a cabinet? Something about the size of a three-drawer file cabinet that doesn't take up much floor space. That should work.…they are). THE CABINET In normal construction procedures, you would decide on the size of the cabinet first and then build the drawers to fit the cabinet. But …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Frame and Panel Cabinet
…so you'll only be filing the corner and not disturbing the shoulders of the panel with file marks. The panels on the bottom frame (bottom of the cabinet) are cut from W' plywood. Since these panels will be the "floor" of the cabinet, the shoulder …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 8
March 1980
Tambour Stereo Cabinet
…weren't going to have any drawers in this cabinet. In fact it wasn't until after I built one complete cabinet (of slightly different design) that MATERIALS LIST %II A B C D E F G H I , . I Jt L M N 0 P Q… it's a hazardous procedure. It's probably better to get the round edge by filing the sanding.) The handles can be glued to the drawer; but…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 17
September 1981
Tambour T.V. Cabinet
…from The Woodworkers' Store Catalog (Cat. No. D7521-16"), THE CABINET BACK Although there's no back on the part of the cabinet behind the T.V. set, I wanted to add a back behind the …lift bar. After the holes are drilled, clean out the center with a sabre saw and file the edges smooth. Then round-over the inside edges of the finger slot with a W …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Japanese-Inspired Hall Cabinet
…-of-hand adds a graphic charm to the cabinet. THE MATERIAL. Although white oak is the predominate wood used on the cabinet, the walnut feet on the legs add …, then remove the material for the shoulders. 4 NOTE: Round over tenon with file H I a. 3⁄8" Roundover bit END VIEW H I 3⁄8" Roundover bit Roundover. A roundover bit chucked into the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 265
February 2023
Nomad Storage Cabinet
…barrister bookcase, but their modular nature means you can make these cabinets à la carte. The barrister door (upper cabinet) opens up and slides back to reveal the bookcase’s contents, …ve dried, test fit the sides together and refine the shape by sanding or filing as necessary. BACK PANEL. One piece remains on the storage chest: the back panel…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 266
April 2023
Home Office Desk
… file storage, so there’s a shallow pencil } drawer between the cabinets. A 1 fter the file cabinets were built, someone suggested they would make a nice desk. Just connect two file cabinets with … you can see in Fig. 4, I used the same construction as the file cabinet drawers. The front (J), back (J) and sides (K) are 1/ " thick and joined with…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 144
December 2002
Rolling Storage Lockers
…cabinets on wheels. They roll side-to-side for easy access to items stored in the back. You may be familiar with the compact filing system used at some larger businesses like medical offices. A series of filing cabinets rolls on metal tracks. This system takes up less floor space yet contains a vast amount of storage. The large cabinets…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 223
February 2016
Shop Notes
…cabinet is even a little out of square, any gap between the door and the cabinet won't be consistent all around. FLATSURFACE. Agood place to start squaring up the cabinet… ■ Normally, setting up a router table for cutting a spline mortise is a straightforward process, 'file depth of the mortise is determined by the heightofthebit, and its length …Read More
