Those look fantastic! Nice job!I built 6 lower cabinets last winter in order to get some much needed organization into the shop. They were built with 5/8 Baltic Birch ply, except the drawer bottoms, which were 1/2 inch ply. The drawer joints were locked mitre joints. The cabinets were just a bit under 24 inches deep, and 24 inches wide, and by making them all basically the same, I could do one set up and run through the stock like an assembly line. It saved a bit of time, but really dialled in the quality control. I wanted a lot of shallow drawers, so roughly half were 2 inch, the remainder varied from 3, 4, 6 and even a few 12 inch drawers, which seemed like a good mix. Drawer slides are 100 lb, full extension.
Any time the four pack of 3" casters goes on sale I grab a couple sets. Usually can be had for about $12-$15 I think. I just found a couple sets of them in the spare tire compartment of my car. Must have stashed them down there when we moved because I was filling out every bit of space I could to avoid additional rental days.
The tops make a good place to stash longer pieces of hardwood as well. The cabinets are mix of some **** HD plywood and baltic birch. The HD stuff has warped on the doors - some just single warps, some have actually bowed. So when I get mad at a warped one it gets replaced with baltic birch. So far about half the doors have been replaced. 
How do you build your drawers?
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I will be honest, I am going to hack job some 3/4" melamine drawers. So, just cut it all and assemble with confirmat screws. I worked for a school district a long time ago in the "carpenter/flooring" department and we used that method to make cabinets and drawers and they held up great and it was affordable. I do have a dovetail jig and if I was making nicer stuff for in the house I do that but for the garage I am going to be lucky if I ever make drawers at all. I am really hoping it happens this winter as the garage is getting unruly and I need to do something.
If you lived closer to the middle of Ohio, I could make that happen!
I've got a cabinet above my mopsink w a mirror in it . Same reason.
All four walls of our master closet are melamine - custom built when we remodeled. One of the big closet companies did all our closets in the house. We later modified this one area.If you lived closer to the middle of Ohio, I could make that happen!
Nothing wrong with screws and glue, it gets the job done... And with Melamine you know it is flat! Well, it should be anyway.
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Here are my cabinets. Originally I thought to do white cabinets as I wanted to put car and motorcycle logos on them. But over time the white grew on me so I've held off on the artwork. Here are my main cabinets:
You'll note the HF parts box rack for small part storage on the right side as well.
I also built a drawer unit in the same style. It's the first drawer unit I've made with flush fitting drawers:
My shop is in a 2 car garage that's located adjacent to our basement. The previous owners had put a sink in there with really cheap and nasty cabinets. I got sick of them so I built these out of cherry:
The finish was just 5-6 coats of tung oil which has held up well. The sink is super handy to have in the shop, and it also makes a great place to drain the dehumidifier.
Next up is likley a wide drawer unit to store offcuts to the right of the refrigerator.
That white looks amazing !!! Got a shot of the inside of the big cabinets ?Here are my cabinets. Originally I thought to do white cabinets as I wanted to put car and motorcycle logos on them. But over time the white grew on me so I've held off on the artwork. Here are my main cabinets:
You'll note the HF parts box rack for small part storage on the right side as well.
I also built a drawer unit in the same style. It's the first drawer unit I've made with flush fitting drawers:
Thank you. The insides are pretty bland. And the less deep one is the most interesting as it holds a bunch of my tools:
Thank you. The insides are pretty bland. And the less deep one is the most interesting as it holds a bunch of my tools:
A close up of the tools:
The deeper cabinets are mostly junk. This one is mostly electronic stuff, plus a bit of photographic and motorcycle equipment. I did do the middle split so I can put tripods in the right upper part.
And this one is mostly just junk.
Thank you. The insides are pretty bland. And the less deep one is the most interesting as it holds a bunch of my tools:
A close up of the tools:
You might surprise yourself. Most of the cabinets you see are just basic boxes with add ons.
I have the tools: a table saw, skil saw, and pocket hole jig. Cabinet maker I am not! Please send whatever you have. Much appreciated.
