Rolling Tool Chest: BUDGET DIY: Filing Cabinet!
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2021
- Have you ever needed a tool chest but find out they are extremely expensive!? In this video we explore budget friendly options. I found some really cheap filing cabinets at a thrift store and thought I would give it a go. All I needed was some rolling casters, a cheap Ikea table top, and some plywood. It took about half a day to completely build and has held up for years. It is now my welding cart and you can see it in use in my newer videos.
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Great use of filing cabinets. Thanks
I might even try 8 cabinets. I ended up with a ton of them, like new. The place that gave them to had a bunch of money to spend, so they gave me all of their cabinets. When there new Hon cabinets showed up they had scratches and marks and my cabinets looked better than the new ones. The installer told them that they would touch up the new cabinets with spray paint and they did, but the guy told me that he should have kept the old cabinets and had them repainted. He realized that he had given away thousands of dollars.
That is a great find! There are so many uses for those cabinets! They are extremely durable as well. I'm sure you will be making a bunch of fun stuff with them....weld carts, cabinets, they can even be used for things inside the home.
Nice - I just now recently realized the hack of using cheap old file cabinets for shop storage lol
It's a great hack! Good luck!
This is cool, just now watching this thinking of ways to better organize my tools. Perfect way to have a section each for 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch drive tools.
It's a fun build. I also have another shop organization video if you want to check it out. You can get a lot of storage out of different filing cabinets. Thanks for watching.
That is sweet, better then new.
Loved the video! Awesome job with great skills!
Thanks so much!
Very nice! Great looking chest!
Thanks!
Great content, what an awesome project it came out sick, great way to think outside the box made me subscribe. can't wait to see what's next
Thank you for the nice comment. Any recommendations on things you would like to see?
That is awesome. Great job
Thank you!
Brilliant.....thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
This is super good! Great Idea you had #filecabinet
Very nice. Well done.
Thank you very much!
USA Great Job! nothing like UA-cam(YB) posted on my birthday
dam good idea mate greets from australia
Thanks mate!
Brilliant! Wish I had thought of doing that! :)
Thanks for the comment Jack, It's never too late to give it a go. Good luck!
What if you used 6 and created a monster table. I will try that. So thankful to see this
The possibilities are endless! Good luck!
Belle rénovation bravo, à bientôt salut Jeannot ⚒😉
Gracias!
Thank you for doing this and sharing this. I really need and want a big tool chest, but I just don't want to fork out that much money. I ran through some ideas of using my old Sterilite plastic drawers (I saw someone's post somewhere with the outside shell made from 3/4" ply and they routed out the dados for the shelves). With how high lumber prices are right now, I am trying to hold off on any wood buying unless I have to. I started to think of repurposing a nice shaped dresser that was tall and skinny, but most drawers are deep. Or repurposing a regular sized dresser that is short and wide. Most of not built well unless you can find a good solid wood dresser. Then you have to look to see if the drawers are made tough to hold the weight of tools and other things. I personally love this idea much much better with the ball baring slides for the drawers like expensive tool boxes have. I love how you repurposed the metal top. If I can't find one, I may just make a wood top. Now off to find a good deal on these file cabinets like what you used. This is perfect.
Thank you for the nice comment. There really is infinite options for tool storage. I used to you a wooden dresser as well. I put wheels on it and it worked pretty good. You just have to get a little creative. Good luck!
I love this! Awesome job.
Thank you so much!
dope awesome diy man
Thank you!
awesome!
@Conservation Garage getting those filing cabinets for $10 a piece is almost as impressive as the end result! How did you find such a good deal? People want way too much for them where I'm from :P Also, subscribed. Hope to see more.
Hi Avi, thank you for the comment and subscription. I usually find them at thrift stores or on local advertising sites like Craigslist and Offerup. In my area you can often find them for free.
Tip, you can get a shower grab bar for one end as a pull bar.
Look on youtube a guy did this to a lateral file cabnit put a snap on logo on it and chrome door guards for cars it looks like a real snap on tool chest, a different guy uses plastic tubs in his to add more storage space on different levels in each draw.
Great tips. I have a handle to put on it, but I have been busy with other projects and haven't gotten around to it.
Great idea bro it will save me alot of money hahaha
Thank you! Good luck with your build!
The only thing you need to do to finish it off is. Go to the auto parts store and get some chrome edge trim, and use it on the handles for the drawers. It'll define the drawers.
Agreed. There are still a couple of things I want to add to it down the road like a handle, maybe a vice? And I was thinking about mounting an old snap on top box to it.
Genius
Thank you!
Nice video! Wish I could scoop up these filing cabinets for $10 / each like you did. New they are over a few hundred dollars each. They're by HON. 'HON 3-Drawer Mobile Pedestal File'
i know! they are really expensive new. I have gotten pretty lucky finding them for cheap.
That’s sweet but where can I find a metal top like that?
I got this metal top from an old Ikea table. i just took the legs off and mounted it to the cabinets. You could even use steel or wood if it's something you can find locally and for cheap.
what attachment on the angle grinder did you use for the top?
I used an 80 grit flap disc.
Great job!!!!! Where do you get cheap file cabinets?
Thank you! I got them at a thrift store.
Well done. Why pay $1000 for the same thing when it looks better and lower price. AAAA++++
That works but file cabnits are getting hard to find now.
I had some luck at thrift stores or shopping used online.
Where did you get the metal top?
Thanks for watching. I got the table top from an old ikea table but anything could work with a little creativity.
Where did you get those cabinets?
Hi Eyob, I got them from a thrift store for $10 dollars a piece.
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Thanks
@@Eyobsfam You are very welcome!
How have you organiseed the drawers?
I have, it's actually my welding cart right now.
@@ConservationGarage my neighbour has filing cabinets but nothing organised. I'm trying to organise using cardboard boxes but not simple, some ply would be better but too expensive at moment
I never though about using cardboard, that's pretty interesting. Maybe some 1/8" wall paneling? a 4x8 sheet in my area is $15. Maybe that could work...
@@ConservationGarage its the same cardboard thats used for the hanging files. Think I glued it together, zip tied at to to rails and riveted at bottom. Works OK. Ply is still best though
@@jcoul1sc Sounds like you got your system down.
Your music 😝
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If I wanted to listen to music, I’d go to pandora. Sorry, I appreciate you taking the time to make the video, but I have a problem when there are no words. Where did you get filing cabinets for $10. Etc…..
Thank you for the comment. I would recommend you put it on mute if it is that big of a problem. I got these filing cabinets at a thrift store. Usually you can find them pretty cheap.
Use your imagination - Facebook marketplace, craigslist, garage sales, etc.
Would be nice to know what paint you used though and how you got the metal to look that cool lol
@@ebx2323 I used the rustoleum sunrise red. For the metal finish, I just hit it with a flap disc wheel and just added a design as I went.
Thank you for the comment.