Underbench cabinet: final pictures of Stage One

[Derek Cohen]

These are final pictures of Stage One. "Stage One" - what does that mean? Well, the first step is to build the cabinet under the bench. The second stage will be to fit out the drawers for the tools. I plan to do some of the latter shortly, and some later. I will post these as they are done. For now, here is the underbench cabinet ...


The rear, before the back was installed ...


https://i.postimg.cc/L8vQHNML/3.jpg


The front. The ring pulls are antiqued brass (they are not shiny). I need to work them a little more to remove the still-new look. These were chosen as they drop down and do not project out from the front of the cabinet ...


https://i.postimg.cc/mZFnQYQW/2a.jpg


Under the bench ...


https://i.postimg.cc/xdCxqM07/4.jpg


The bench top received a little flattening, and a single coat of danish oil ...


https://i.postimg.cc/V60KWw0W/5.jpg


Someone is sure to ask why the cabinet is low. The answer is that there needs to be space for hold downs ...


https://i.postimg.cc/T1rQBc9y/9.jpg


The drawers manage about 90% extension ...


https://i.postimg.cc/L8m0KGGm/6.jpg


One of the first fit outs will involve this set of Kiyohisa bench chisels I have been collecting one-by-one (these are no longer available) ...


https://i.postimg.cc/W4H9Zzz4/7.jpg


And here is one of the small drawers ...


https://i.postimg.cc/WzRX9yML/8.jpg


Thanks for supporting the build to date. Hopefully there were some aspects that will prove helpful.


Regards from Perth


Derek

[David Lageman]

What a beautiful addition to a beautiful bench. Let the games begin filling up those drawers! Congrats...

[Tom Vanzant]

Derek, you might try Birchwood Casey cold-bluing solution on your brass ring drawer pulls. It imparts a coloration similar to old brass cartridge cases.

[Jim Koepke]

Looks great.

jtk

[Christopher Charles]

Looks great Derek and thanks for the motivation-you went start-to-finish in the time that it has taken me to get back to making one drawer...

The ring pulls look good and I am considering the same. Can I ask where you sourced them and what size(s) you used?

Best,
Chris