Shop Drill Cabinet // Workshop Organization

Check out links to items I used to build the cabinet below!

First and foremost I'd like to introduce my wife, Kerynn, to Youtube! She has always been my biggest supporter in the background and I thought it would be fun to let her crack some jokes in the video. Let her know how she did!

A problem that plagues my shop (and I'm sure yours as well) is that I'm always hunting down drill bits & drivers. I wanted to create a central location where all of these tools could be located and easy to access. The drill cabinet design that I came up with is a hybrid between several designs I've seen online. Part of that design is leveraged from a small cabinet the Wood Whisperer did. I'll admit his looks better but I got some great ideas from watching his video (you should check out his channel).

The cabinet construction is simple and was put together with random cut-offs and scraps of plywood I had handy. The back, sides, and enclosed cabinet section is all 1/2" plywood. No fancy joinery here - simple butt joints, glue, and brad nails. The shelves of the open half are 3/4" plywood. It is hung on the wall with a simple french cleat making mounting/removing very simple.

I elected to mount a handy-dandy drill & tap chart on the front of the cabinet featuring both imperial and metric threads. You never know when you're going to need that information! You can put whatever information you want here, heck even a small dry-erase board would be cool! I finished off the outside with black hammered metallic spray paint. I have been digging how this looks in my shop and plan on using some hammered metal looking cabinets in the future.

The inside of the drill cabinet has several shelves for bit storage with a useful twist. Each shelf has a row of rare-earth magnets which are used to mount the bit holders. I chose to make my own bit holder/organizers and ditch the plastic boxes they all came in. I love how you can see everything and know right away if you've got what you're looking for. You can easily remove the block you need and take it to wherever you are working. This system also makes it very easy to upgrade/adapt as time goes on.

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Link to the Drill & Tap Chart I used:

http://www.biolettersample.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tap-and-die-chart-drill-tap.jpg

Links to some of the products I used in the video (if you're interested):

Bar Magnets - https://amzn.to/2IpaYu3

Round Magnets - https://amzn.to/2KqzmvJ

Center Punch - https://amzn.to/2GkToph

5-Min Epoxy - https://amzn.to/2GlezqU

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