new rolling grinder cabinet

[sprior]

Just finishing up a new rolling grinder cabinet to replace the old one - the storage will be a great enhancement to my shop.  This cabinet is also my second try at building a cabinet using the 32mm system and I learned a couple of things since my first attempt.  The biggest new thing I learned is to start with the doors, not the drawers.  The other thing was that this time I didn't use hinges from a big box store and got mounting plates which were compatible with 5mm mounting holes.  One thing I'm proud of is that the grain matches across both drawers and doors.

The dumb mistakes I made (all fixed) were:
*  Accidentally reading the wrong number off my plans and therefore making the first pair of drawer boxes 26mm too wide (my calculations were correct, I just looked at the wrong number when setting up the cut).

*  I didn't allow for a reveal on the outside edges of the doors so I ended up trimming and re-edgebanding them.

I think I've picked up an addiction to those red wheel casters - I can't seem to stop buying them.  I've already purchased my next fix (another cabinet for my Tormek to sit on).

 

[Theshipstore]

Nice build, I really like the flow of the grain thru the draws and doors.
Great job

Sal

 

[Michael Kellough]

Nice cabinet. Also, thumbs up for the CBN wheel.

 

[sprior]

Yes, I see you noticed it was from http://www.d-waytools.com/.  I'm very happy with it, it's a major improvement from my previous wheel.  Amazing how long it keeps turning after I turn off the grinder.  As I did I'd recommend getting the finer one - it's good for sharpening turning tools and I don't use the coarser one much anyway but would use it for metal you shouldn't grind with the CBN.

 

[Stone Message]

That is far too good a job to be used as a mobile bench in a workshop - well done.

I am in the process of redesigning my various benches and putting everything on castors apart from my big heavy bench where I do my hand planing. I am also making the height of every bench the Festool standard 900 mm. I did my initial 'rolling workshop' conversion several years ago but the cheap and cheerful castors did not stand the test of time.

For people thinking of this type of thing in the UK and Europe, I have discovered Coldene Castors who make the best industrial quality castors that I have ever found. They also treat small customers (like me) the same as one buying by the pallet load - www.firstcastors.co.uk

Make sure every castor has brakes !

Peter

 

[Michael Kellough]

Yes, I see you noticed it was from http://www.d-waytools.com/.  I'm very happy with it, it's a major improvement from my previous wheel.  Amazing how long it keeps turning after I turn off the grinder.  As I did I'd recommend getting the finer one - it's good for sharpening turning tools and I don't use the coarser one much anyway but would use it for metal you shouldn't grind with the CBN.

I have the fine too. I also noticed that you have the same unidentified make of grinder Dave shows on his site. Who makes that grinder and what size/speed is it?

When I started turning and realized I had to upgrade my sharpening system I decided to put most of the funds into an 8" CBN wheel and leave my good old Delta 6" grinder alone. I bought a cheap 8" HF grinder to spin the CBN wheel thinking how hard is it to make a grinder, it's just a long shafted armature... Turns out it's too hard for HF. Luckily one shaft was relatively free of run-out but even with the worse end free of a stone it still takes a minute for the grinder to get up to speed unless I manually start the wheel spinning.

Started scanning craigslist for grinders and bought an old Delta 10" (Taiwan) 1750rpm thinking I'd trash the HF grinder and put the CBN on the Delta. But the Delta 10" is so superior as is (two fat SC wheels get up to speed in under 2 seconds) that I can't mess with it and the CBN is still on the HF grinder. So, curious what that grinder is you that you are using.

 

[leakyroof]

Make sure every castor has brakes !

Peter

  I learned this slowly, as the first castors I tended to buy were single locking types, that just locked the wheel. They worked fine unless the cart or platform was supporting a machine that I needed to push against when running. Then, I found out about double locking casters that lock themselves fully, and life with a 4 wheeled shop cart was better... [wink]

 

[sprior]

I bought my grinder at Woodcraft over 10 years ago and it was a generic brand.  I'm pretty sure they still sell a very similar unit.  8" wheels, 1800RPM, I have no complaints with it at all.  I had to take the rubber feet off of it to get the spacing right for the Wolverine jig.

And once you get double locking casters you won't go back.

 

[Crox G]

How will you finish the top of the cabinet? I urge you to seal it well or use a plastic laminate of some kind.  I learned the hard way that the fine grit quickly embeds itself in wood grain.  Beautiful job!

Crox

 

[sprior]

Agreed.  I'll cut a piece of melamine to put on the top which will overhang the drawer fronts a little to prevent grit from falling into the drawers, and that's what I'll attach the Wolverine jig to.  The grinder needs to be raised an additional 3/4" so I'll put another piece of melamine on top of that.

 

[sandy]

Why do you start with the doors before the drawers?