Shop cabinets finally finished

Well it’s been a long summer but the cabinets are finally done. A lot of firsts for me. Never built cabinets before, done dados or tennons and so on. Finding any decent pine (all I could afford) was a struggle so I ended up going with laminated pine from the big box and ripping my own widths. At least it was straight. Opted to go with rougher door Panels to add a little color and contrast. To do it over again I probably would of picked a different color. Made lots of mistakes a long the way but learned lots. Now it’s time to start buying some tools and take a break for awhile.

To add, also finished the built in down draft sanding area built in to the workbench.

Nice work. Mistakes are mere reminders to do it right the next time. Besides we do not have people that come over and critique, grade and post them for the world to see. LOL

I promise you will have moments when you want to change something and say man I need more cabinets.

BTW throw some sawdust and debris on the floor. Maybe some scrap wood on the counter-tops. You are making the rest of us look bad. :) Spouses sometimes see pics like this and start off with, “you know so and so has his shop all nice and clean.”

Nice work. Mistakes are mere reminders to do it right the next time. Besides we do not have people that come over and critique, grade and post them for the world to see. LOL

I promise you will have moments when you want to change something and say man I need more cabinets.

BTW throw some sawdust and debris on the floor. Maybe some scrap wood on the counter-tops. You are making the rest of us look bad. :) Spouses sometimes see pics like this and start off with, “you know so and so has his shop all nice and clean.”

The dedicated cabinets are a lovely sight. The comment from Gr8Hunter about the floor, is that a carpet floor? Good for impact and joints, I would think tough to keep clean. Do you use a standard shop vac, or a carpet vac?