I used Tom's book to get me started building cabinets in my shop. I started with a simple free-standing cabinet:
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After struggling with the drawer slides and faces, I built up enough confidence to build a flip-top roll-around for my sander/planer:
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Then I finally tackled my ultimate goal of a complete miter station with enough storage for just about everything in my shop:
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Complete w/ a couple upper cabinets. Now I take advantage of expanding my cabinet building skills, using a couple lowers that I built in a class, w/ a salvaged maple top:
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Tom's book is a great guide and resource for building strong, practical shop cabinets and more (unsolicited endorsement).