Drawers beneath my LongMill

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Greetings from my shop to yours! After having a huge void under my LongMill table, I decided that drawers and a computer slide out was in order. It only took me 2 years to decide what I wanted under my Mill. So here it is. 2’ deep x 47" wide. Drawers built with 3/4" BCX plywood (although next time I may spend the money for ACX) but what the heck, they are shop drawers after all. The top left houses my GSender laptop. It is an ancient 2011 Mac Book Pro that is used exclusively for running GSender. The top right drawer is for bits and my digital calipers. The one thing I did figure out after making it is that the three drawers beneath the computer are essentially useless when I have the computer out. Wasn’t something I thought of before making it. I only used roller drawer guides on the computer slide out. The other drawers glide on a wood frame. The frame is finished with polyurethane and lubed with Johnson’s paste wax (which I heard they quit making). While they are screwed into place, I could remove them and repurpose them if and when I decide to upgrade to an AltMill. The problem is the dimensions of the AltMill, I doubt I could get my drawers under the provided table. One thing at a time…

I have not designed the back of the cabinet yet. Thinking I may use it for hardware storage on a couple of slide outs, one on each side. I currently am using small plastic drawers, and believe I can make something better. That is for another day. I essentially have 48x24 available in the back.

Anyhow thanks for looking. I hope it gives someone an idea to make their workflow better.

Jake

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@Jake Looks very good, Jake. Mine is not near as pretty. :grinning:

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I used a single sheet of BCX plywood and wanted to challenge myself by matching grain. Did I need to? No. I did that cause I am planning on doing an audio rack/vinyl record/tv stand and I would like to match the grain when I do that! I want to pla with water fall ends. Never done that so I’m making our new rescue berndoodle raised bowls using a water fall. Challenging myself is very good for me.

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Hey Jake,

When I first saw the pictures of your original post It jumped right at me. It’s a given that when you mill your fronts out of a single sheet, they can match, but making them match is going the extra mile. It wass an instant like.

Going the extra mile when it is not needed is what makes you stand out from the avarage. I try to do it, but keep ending up pointing out the failures instead. I need to stop doing that.

Challenging yourself is keeping things interesting and is a good test ground for when you really need the skill and cannot affort to bloop around.

Great job on the drawers.

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Thanks @Spamming_Eddie ! Your post meant the world to me and I very much appreciate it.