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Do you need more storage in your shop or garage? We all do, right? I have a great solution to share and this one was built from scrapwood that I salvaged from the twin beds. After the beds were dismantled, I challenged myself to make as many projects as possible with the leftover plywood and bed slats. The rolling storage drawers were the first project of three projects.
Making the Old New Again
The two pieces of wood I decided to use were the 75″ boards that were on the backside of the bed. These pieces prevented any items from falling out the back of the storage portion of the bed . After determining I had enough space to make three. This project took about three hours to complete and cost me $30 to make, the only item I purchased was two inch casters from Home Depot.
1. Start Cutting
Each drawer will need five pieces, a front, back, bottom, and two sides. The dimensions are as follows:
Front and Back: 10″ x 12″
Sides: 10″ x 11″
Bottom: 12″ x 13″After assembling the drawers I decided a piece of unfinished plywood I had left over from another project would look best as the face of the drawers, I cut another piece as 10″ 12″). This part is completly optional, although it is a scrapwood project in a workshop, under a workbench; I still wanted it look nice.
2. Assembly
The Kreg Jig Jr. is a neat tool for assembling boards since it gurantees a strong joint and the screws are not visible from the exterior view of your project. Here is a quick tutorial on using the Kreg Jig (insert backlink here). First I needed to determie what size screw I would need, my boards were 1/2″ thick, according to the chart below I would need 3/4″ pocket hole screws and set my jig to 1/2″. The bottom board was screwed on with standard 3/4″ wood screws.
3. Face Time
I used my go to Titebond wood glue to adhere the unfinished plywood to the assembled drawer and secured it with painter’s tape for an hour.
4. Let’s Get Rollin’
I purchased six inch three tri-dollies for the drawers to rest on. The tops of the dollies have small non slip pads, no need from drilling here. Each dolly has a 200 pound weight bearing load.
5. Fill Her Up
As a finishing touch I glued cedar pen blanks on the front as handles. I had these lying around my shop. You could use store-bought handles or fashion your own out of scrap wood. My goal was to spend as little as possible on this build. The storage drawers fit perfectly under my workbench and house my painting supplies and small pieces of scrap wood for future projects.They roll in and out easily and help keep my workspace clean and organized.
Come back at check out what I have in store for the second build as I recycle old projects and give them a second life.
Be Great.Live Passionately.
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