Garage cabinets

[Holmz]

I'm looking for a way to build modular type of cabinets for my garage.  I've had an account on here for a long time, with very little activity.  I've got a nice shop, and a garage, all of which is a little un-organized.  I want to build a 30' run of cabinets with a desktop in the middle.  I can provide more details later, but I'm just getting started. I have a nice table saw, but looking at festool, looks like it will make the job much easier.

I kind of want to get the process down before shopping for tools. I know it's expensive, but that's not an issue, I'm willing to spend the money on nice things that make my life easier.

This is the order I'm looking at.

1. Find the process I want to use to make the cabinets
2. Determine the material
3. Get the necessary tools, if I dont' already have them
4. Convince my neighbor that this will be fun
5. Build the cabinets

Thanks in advance

I have a table saw as well.
Here is what I did...

Looked at the avalanche of crap,of crap in the garage like a snow bank, and thought "it is time".

First was to make a sketch. I decided on 305-mm and 610-mm spacing. Look up chaos-wall.
So I have 2 units on the floor 16" deep x 3' high x 8' long, and a wall unit 4x8 feet 16" deep which has shelving, Andrew in the other garage a wall unit 4x8'x16".

What did I use?.
Mostly a tracksaw.
A snappy tools 7x50 conformit bit, and some highpoint 7x50 conformat screws and #3 bit (the drill bit, screws and Phillip/position were via amazon)
A metric/imperial Fastcap brand tape measure, and an old square to mark holes for drilling and laying out hole positions.
And a cordless drill for the drill bit as well as driving the screws.

I used 16-mm (5/8") MDF... not pretty but better.

In other materials it would look a bit more flash.

Track saw was enough and easier than feeding sheets through.

Assemble require 2 people for most of it.

Lastly a corded hammer drill for the wall units to hang off a cleat, and Ramset to anchor the cleat and wall unit to bricks and/or 2x4s

 

[Billedis]

[member=64816]Batman[/member] Also check out Marc Sommerfeld on youtube.  I have his router system and made several cabinets using it, from 30" to 96" and they also look really good.

 

[sancho57]

Here ya go

Kaos theorie AKA the guido wall

there are 3 parts, its in german but very easy to follow
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[Batman]

I enjoyed this. My attention span is about nill, but I can watch just about any video how to using festools. 

 

[sancho57]

there are 3 parts to this did you watch all 3?

 

[tjskinny]

Another Guido type system can be found here at Tim's site.
http://benchworks.be/en/my-projects/system-workshop/

He aslo has the design in printed format you can purchase.  The information is layed out very well.  And his new mfsc (multi fuctional shop cart) is a really good design as well.
http://benchworks.be/en/projects/mfsc-multi-function-shop-cart/

Todd

 

[mwbrewster]

i watched erock's videos for sysports and just made the same ones.  Great primer for the True32 system (thanks Eric). Instead of using castors though, i mounted them along a wall at standard base cabinet height, with a 3/4" plywood countertop (in garage for shop).

I then watched his videos for the LR32 system and built some of those too.  I'm learning so the videos were tremendously helpful (monkey see, monkey do).

Only problem was that the more I watched the videos, the more tools i "had to have", the more cabinets i had to build. 

More videos, more tools, more cabinets..repeat...

Festool LR32 System

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQa-Biaqm4EbJ6ko3IHkzXcAdR8N8vmV6]Systainer Shelves[/url]

 

[sancho57]

Festool wise all you would need (minimum) , is a TS 55, 2ea 1400 tracks w/ track connectors, CT or equivalent and a cutting table. I like the MFT but its not necessary to do what you want .

 

[butzla]

I'm going to take a complete opposite approach, and probably get bashed for saying.  If I had to do 30 feet of cabinets for a garage, and had to buy tooling to do the job, materials, time and place to store while building, would go to Home Depot, Lowe's or ikea and buy them.

Hear here!!!

 

[Batman]

This probably makes the most sense, but I have never built cabinets and it's one of those things I've always wanted to do. It's really like a bucket list item for me. It's something new to learn and a challenge to me. It may be expensive but I bet when I'm done I'll have nice cabinets, a sense of accomplishment, and some nice equipment that I can sell if I want to and cabinets better than what I might have bought.

So far I've removed the old cabinets textured the garage, painted and now I'm painting the floor.

 

[mrFinpgh]

Do you have the space to store all the parts for this?  You might be surprised how much room 15 cabinets takes up, in addition to the doors and drawers that go in them.

 

[Batman]

I'm not sure what you're talking about storing.  Are you talking about storing the parts to build the cabinets?  I have lots of space. I have a 3 car garage with no cabinets that's about 35x21 and I have shop that's 40x60.  Lots of space and lots of time.  I was reading another thread on here that talked about using a procss to determine what tools are necessary. 

This might be a better idea, I may end up with something more useful to me.  once I'm done with the caibnets in my garage, I'll build more cabinets in the 40x60 shop.  There is more work to be done in my house, nothing fancy just some storage solution in the closets.

 

[Batman]

I finished paint the floor today

 

[John Beauchamp]

Wow, It sounds like some of you are more like tool collectors than woodworkers. A 30x30 upper cabinet for a garage takes about $50 worth of materials and maybe 3 hours if built by itself. multiples take less time. All you really need is a table saw or track saw, router, a couple bits, a pocket hole cutter, 1/4" stapler and a brad nailer. If you want to use iron on tape for shelf edges you also need an iron. I also use a dado set for grooves rather than a router. I love it when people come to me after they have looked at and priced unfinished oak cabinets at Lowes. I don't like to type and can't post pictures but anyone interested in my process can call me and i'll walk you thru the process and send pictures by e-mail or text. John 859-792-8342     

 

[mrFinpgh]

I'm not sure what you're talking about storing.  Are you talking about storing the parts to build the cabinets?  I have lots of space. I have a 3 car garage with no cabinets that's about 35x21 and I have shop that's 40x60.  Lots of space and lots of time.  I was reading another thread on here that talked about using a procss to determine what tools are necessary. 

This might be a better idea, I may end up with something more useful to me.  once I'm done with the caibnets in my garage, I'll build more cabinets in the 40x60 shop.  There is more work to be done in my house, nothing fancy just some storage solution in the closets.

That is a lot of space.  Storage probably wont' be an issue for you.  I'm envious of the space some of you guys have - I built my kitchen in the kitchen (13 x 15) and on my front porch (8 x 15). 

I've built cabinets using a tracksaw and drill.  If you do frameless, then 2" screws with butt joints is probably more than sufficient.

I used the LR32 system for my kitchen cabinets so I could have accurate and consistent holes for hinges + shelves.  There are lots of other good systems that can get you to the same place, but I was very happy with this.  The veritas system looks interesting because you can apparently drill holes for dowels if you want to go that route.    Pocket screws work well for assembling cabinets too, but I struggle with having the parts pulled slightly out of alignment. If you had a domino, that wouldn't be an issue.

For wood edge tape, I like to use an iron and a file - it's been the most foolproof method for me so far.  Others who are more experienced have some more interesting techniques and devices.

 

[bkharman]

If you want to build stuff and save some money, build the cabinets and buy the doors. I did this for my MIL a few years ago and worked well and quickly!!

Cheers. Bryan.

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[Mario Turcot]

You might want to consider using a french cleat system to support your cabinets and keep them off the garage floor, allowing you to clean under them and keeping the cabinet bottoms up out of any spills. 

Spark, I like the French cleat idea. Would you recommend using it on my setup. I am building a Kapex station like Dave Stanton one. The station consist of two cabinets each are 1434mm (56.5") long by 740mm (29") high. The cabinets will contains up to 12 Sys-AZ each. Do you think French cleat + the front legs would suffice? The walls are finished with G2S 18mm Chinese ply, cheaper then the rough ones go figure [eek]

To the OP, sorry for hijacking your thread.

 

[butzla]

This probably makes the most sense, but I have never built cabinets and it's one of those things I've always wanted to do. It's really like a bucket list item for me. It's something new to learn and a challenge to me. It may be expensive but I bet when I'm done I'll have nice cabinets, a sense of accomplishment, and some nice equipment that I can sell if I want to and cabinets better than what I might have bought.

So far I've removed the old cabinets textured the garage, painted and now I'm painting the floor.

Fair enough.  It's something you just gotta do.  Building 30 feet of cabinets gets old real fast.  ...akin to getting your first snowblower or lawnmower; the fun wears off fast then it becomes monotonous.  I still enjoy making a vanity one at a time, but any more than that, I'll look for alternatives. 

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Luke's great blue pine cabinet build yet!  Great source of inspiration.  [member=28483]iamnothim[/member]
http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/blue-pine-garage-cabinets-color/

 

[iamnothim]

Hi Jim and everybody!  You’ve given me a reason to post as it’s been some time.    I’ve recently added an accessory to the garage. Walter.

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[rljatl]

Is that your neighbor's cat?