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    Ideas for repurposed tool cabinet?

    I need a wall cabinet for my few planes, scrapers, chisels etc, but I'm not ready to build a really nice one right now.

    Does anybody have any ideas or have used something commercially made it repurposed? I don't mind doing some modifications.

    I'm thinking about maybe a bathroom medicine cabinet or possibly one of the craftsman wall cabinets that go on sale around $100.

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    See if your local landfill has a "recycle" section, or see if your local Habitat chapter has a ReStore thrift store. Kitchen cabinets are all over the place, often dirt cheap (often free, if you make the right connections).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Houghton View Post
    See if your local landfill has a "recycle" section, or see if your local Habitat chapter has a ReStore thrift store. Kitchen cabinets are all over the place, often dirt cheap (often free, if you make the right connections).
    I do need to bounce over to the habit store. Haven't been for a few weeks.

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    Does anybody have any ideas or have used something commercially made it repurposed?
    I have repurposed book shelves. Even added a shelf and installed some drawers.

    jtk
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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    Barring that, how about rebated and nailed Borg pine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
    I have repurposed book shelves. Even added a shelf and installed some drawers. jtk
    Good idea. A small bookshelf on a French cleat would probably work well.

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