Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2004

I uploaded a .jpg to alt.binaries.radio-control which shows the drawer
units I use.

Not expensive, and I certainly could have built more elegant units,
but hobby time is as expensive as hobby stuff.

My main work bench is 44" at the work surface, so the clear space
under the bench is somewhere around 42".

The drawer units are stackable and you can mix and match drawer
sections to suit you needs or space.

Cheers,
Fred McClellan
The House Of Balsa Dust
home.mindspring.com/~the-plumber

On 5/9/2004 10:45 AM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these
great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:

Another thing you may want to add, I recently did this on my work bench.
 I made a tilt out unit about 2' wide, 2 1/2' deep and 36" high.  On
the inside, before putting the sides on, I partitioned this off into
various sizes using a piece of paneling cut into strips, many 3 1/4"
wide by 2" deep, and a couple that were 2' wide by 3 1/2" and 2 that
were 2' wide x 1' deep.  I have labeled them and put my sheet balsa,
balsa sticks and plywood in them.  The 1' deep I use for cut pieces of
plywood that would be too short to get out from the regular bin.  Makes
it convenient when you need to get some balsa.  Of course, I still have
the "scrap box" for the miscellaneous odds and ends of wood.

Drawers are not hard.  Build a box without a lid.  Get some 1x whatever
height the side of the "box" is.  Also pick up some corner molding - it
is 90 degrees.  Fasten one side to the 1x?, fasten the 1x to the
underside of the workbench, put the other piece of 1x next to it (leave
about 1/8" to allow for humidity changes and fasten the other 1x in
place.  Slide the "box" in place and attach a cabinet pull handle.
Almost instant drawer, "custom" made for the size you need.  It sounds
harder than it actually is.

I'd suggest putting in a kegerator fridge under there,
then when all your buds come over, you can pour
them a tall frosty one, and yet the wife will never know
how many you are actually putting away because
you can just say you need another keg because
Rob, Doug, Jack, and Geoff came over last weekend
and the tap sprang a leak before you noticed it
because you were burn-in-testing Jack's new Cox
.049 engine.

Brad