I need to find some additional storage space and started looking at what's currently under my Performax sander. That's the accesory stand and casters plus a small storage box for sandpaper rolls that I hung from stretchers between the stand legs. I've got a lot of unused space under the sander and need to reclaim it. So I'm going to ditch the stand and build a cabinet to set it on. I've got a rough cabinet size worked out but the sander weighs 175 Lbs and I'm wondering if I should partition the cabinet vertically with another fixed horizontal piece if racking might be an issue. This will get wheeled around a fair bit and I'm not sure if 175 Lbs should be a concern or not. Plus the weight of any wood running through the machine.
I dont have the drawers drawn yet but was planning on putting the lighter weight sandpaper rolls and sanding sleeves for my OSS in the top drawers and heavier stuff nearer the bottom. Sticking another horizontal piece halfway up wouldn't be ideal for letting me configure different drawer sizes but I'll do it if the consensus is that I need to.
What do you think?
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