Making A Wooden Bin Cupboard

I have been needing a bin in the workshop for a wile. I picked up a cheap plastic one but wanted to make a wooden inclosure for it. 

I made this project much harder than it needed to be as I wanted to use up lots of strips of wood I had on hand. It would have been a lot quicker and easier to make if I had just used some sheet goods, but I am quite mean and like to use bits up, especially on shop projects. 

I fetched a few bundles of wood into the workshop. Now I could start the long process of glueing them up into usable panels. I first ran them through the thicknesses to clean up the faces. With a couple of faces clean I applied some PVA good glue and and got the strips clamped up into 10” wide boards. I made them this width as that is the maximum capacity of my Planer / Thicknesser. 

When I had several panels glued up I could plane and thickness them so I was self with some nice flat boards to work with. 

The first bit I made was the door / bin holder. I used the bin as reference to work out what size it needed to be and then I could cut it down on the mitre saw. 

I cut another piece for the bin to sit on and some side bits the same length. I could not start getting them attached together. To join them I used some wood glue and brad nails. 

With the door made I could then use it as reference to determine the size of the cabinet to house it. I could then get the back and side pieces cut down to size. 

The sides got attached to the back in the same way but this was a very weak structure and needed some added supports. 

I measured the inside of the cabinet and cut down some supports to fit in it. With the pieces cut to size I could attach some at the top and bottom of the cabinet. These made it much more rigid and will later on give me something to attach the top to. 

Speaking of the top. When I was glueing up boards, I made one with the orientation on the slats going the other way to creating a chunkier panel for the top. I determined how bit I wanted the top to be, cut the board down to size and glued up a panel for it. 

I could now have a test fit. I fitted the door into the cabinet and secured it in place using some surface mount hinges.   

As it was, the door could open all the way. I only wanted it to be able to open wide enough to be able to lift the bin in and out. I cut down a scrap of wood to use as a stop and got it glued into place. 

The glue had now dried in the piece for the top. I gave it a quick sand down then drilled some holes in the support at the top of the cabinet. I flipped the cabinet upside down and onto the top, I could then drive some screws down from the inside into it. 

I had some dark oak finish that I wanted to use up so I gave it a coat of that. 

I had taken the door back off to apply the finish so when it had dried I could get it re attached. 

I needed a way to be able to open the door, so I cut down a strip of black leather. I punched a hole in either end, folded it over and screwed it to the door used a brass screw. 

Thats it all done. Now I have no more excuses for rubbish in the workshop. If you enjoyed this then please go and watch the video bellow for more information. Thank you