| Project by Matthew Allard | posted 04-24-2011 02:01 PM | 5235 views | 4 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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Hello Friends,
My wifes boss bought this cabinet at an auction sale of a local Catholic church for $25. It sat in his garage for months and I bugged him the entire time about buying it from him. He finally caved in and just gave it to me. I rebuit five of the drawer faces and built a wine rack where the Holy Mother statue once sat. The wood I believe is Butternut? I have no idea when it was originally built, but I found a newspaper clipping from 1942 inside. It makes a great kitchen cabinet! I threw the Factory cart project in here as well. I bought this at an auction a couple of years ago for $27. It was rough, and had plywood covering the top. It’s our sofa table now. Wood is maple and hickory. It weighs every bit of 300 Lbs maybe closer to 350. I had to assemble it in the living room.
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saddletramp
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#1 posted 04-24-2011 02:23 PM
With all those shallow drawers, if I had it, it would have made a great shop cabinet. LOL
Good save. It’s a beauty.
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Jim Reeves
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#2 posted 04-24-2011 02:46 PM
That is an awesome cabinet, man the cost of just the material to build it today and many hours of labour would be allot a great looking pc
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CharlieM1958
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#3 posted 04-24-2011 03:20 PM
I love it!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
redryder
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#4 posted 04-25-2011 12:32 AM
I wish I had space for two pieces like that. Very unique and worth saving. You did a great job….......
-- mike...............
tinnman65
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#5 posted 04-25-2011 01:19 AM
Nice job on the restoration. Man my wife would kill for this! I really like the factory cart too, it looks great in that room.
-- Paul--- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
Tom Goodman
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#6 posted 04-25-2011 09:39 AM
Great job ! I really like what you did with this & the wine rack. But I must say, That Factory cart you got for $27.oo is also something to brag about. Even if you did have to restore it. I seen an unrestored one sell for $500.oo at an auction about six years ago.
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RexMcKinnon
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#7 posted 04-25-2011 10:42 PM
Nice, I really like to style of the factory cart as a coffee table.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Ken90712
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#8 posted 04-26-2011 11:12 AM
What a great job on this all the way around. It looked like a Chart or Draftsman cabinet. It looks great. Great ide for the table as well. I like it!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Bill Huffman
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#9 posted 07-09-2014 08:36 PM
Wow, both great projects. I really want an old typesetting cabinet, which looks somewhat like what you have, but many more and thinner drawers.
I love the wood cart, I have seen them in luxury homes in Log Home and Timber Frame magazines, and yours puts theirs to shame.
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msurvilo
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#10 posted 07-09-2014 09:01 PM
Wow. Now that’s a linen cabinet!
-- Matt, California.
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