Eric_Sweeney Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I just completed a 3 drawer storage cabinet for under the saw to hold all of my saw blades, push sticks, featherboards, etc... The top drawer holds pencils, pens, and a few specific tools for the saw (allen wrenches etc..) The middle drawer holds all of the push blocks and stuff and the bottom drawer is for the saw blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkTheWood Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Very nice Eric! How do you like that Saw Stop by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Sweeney Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am very happy with it. It is a very nice saw that does a really nice job and I really like the idea of the safety feature. I lost concentration after a series of thin cuts (with no blade guard) with my old saw and let my right hand drift over the saw blade coming back from the last cut and cut my thumb. It wasn't too bad although it was deep enough to chip the bone and require 4 stitches. Even a minor injury like that cost $1500 and would have paid for half of the saw stop. Now I have a thumb with a bump under the skin (scar tissue) and a resultant dead spot (can't feel anything there). I wish I had bought it before the accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Nice storage! Is that melamine? I noticed the cabinets in the back are the same (white) - did you make those as well? I have that same saw - love it. I'm glad your injury wasn't worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Nice chest! I have a SawStop on the way as I write this, and have been thinking about this exact subject! My old cabinet saw's mobile base had arms between the body and table legs. Since the SS doesn't, I thought this would be a great time to build a similar chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Sweeney Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 John, it is melamine. There is a place here in town that buys things in lots. They had a great deal a few months back on some 3/4" white on one side brown on the other melamine that they got from a cabinet shop going out of business so I picked up 10 sheets (8 x 4) for $179.00. The cabinets in the background I made before I got the great deal on the melamine so those are 5/8" all white melamine. I made several base cabinets and upper cabinets. Here are a couple photos of them. One of these days I'll clean up the shop and do a proper set of photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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