New to the forum - Looking for some adivce on a DIY storage cabinet I plan on building. (5 Viewers)

[FlunkGG]

Hey,

I am new to the forum and I am looking for some advice on a poker storage cabinet I plan to build. And when I say build, it is more of a refurbish. My wife and I recently got new nightstands that match, and her old one was a solid hard wood cabinet that I dont want to go to waste. It is a 2 drawer nightstand that doesnt currently have slides (just friction drawers which is partially why we decided to get new nightstands)

I was thinking of just removing the cross beam in between the two drawers and installing 4 chip drawers with nice slides. My issue becomes how to source the actual trays for inside the drawers. I was hoping to do some sort of wooden inventory rack but the prices I have found online are sky high (and very hard to find).

Do you guys have any recommendations for either hardware or just other cool ideas i could incorporate into this project?

 

[Baldeagle9]

Welcome, tons of great info here, enjoy! Also lots good people to answer your question

 

[Cratty]

Hey,

I am new to the forum and I am looking for some advice on a poker storage cabinet I plan to build. And when I say build, it is more of a refurbish. My wife and I recently got new nightstands that match, and her old one was a solid hard wood cabinet that I dont want to go to waste. It is a 2 drawer nightstand that doesnt currently have slides (just friction drawers which is partially why we decided to get new nightstands)

I was thinking of just removing the cross beam in between the two drawers and installing 4 chip drawers with nice slides. My issue becomes how to source the actual trays for inside the drawers. I was hoping to do some sort of wooden inventory rack but the prices I have found online are sky high (and very hard to find).

Do you guys have any recommendations for either hardware or just other cool ideas i could incorporate into this project?

3D print the trays and cover with felt

 

[findmereno]

Hey,

I am new to the forum and I am looking for some advice on a poker storage cabinet I plan to build. And when I say build, it is more of a refurbish. My wife and I recently got new nightstands that match, and her old one was a solid hard wood cabinet that I dont want to go to waste. It is a 2 drawer nightstand that doesnt currently have slides (just friction drawers which is partially why we decided to get new nightstands)

I was thinking of just removing the cross beam in between the two drawers and installing 4 chip drawers with nice slides. My issue becomes how to source the actual trays for inside the drawers. I was hoping to do some sort of wooden inventory rack but the prices I have found online are sky high (and very hard to find).

Do you guys have any recommendations for either hardware or just other cool ideas i could incorporate into this project?

Depending on how handy you are, I would opt to carve and cure a piece of wood myself for the trays.

 

[Hooptee]

Something like these?

 

[findmereno]

Something like these?

Yup. Obviously takes a lot of handy work but looks superb when executed properly.

@Sparkynutz is 3D printer on here that sells chip storage solutions, if you wanted to hit him up and see if you could custom curate a solution to sit perfectly in your drawers.

 

[findmereno]

Something like these?

oops... you are not OP... LOL my bad

 

[T_Chan]

Hey,

I am new to the forum and I am looking for some advice on a poker storage cabinet I plan to build. And when I say build, it is more of a refurbish. My wife and I recently got new nightstands that match, and her old one was a solid hard wood cabinet that I dont want to go to waste. It is a 2 drawer nightstand that doesnt currently have slides (just friction drawers which is partially why we decided to get new nightstands)

I was thinking of just removing the cross beam in between the two drawers and installing 4 chip drawers with nice slides. My issue becomes how to source the actual trays for inside the drawers. I was hoping to do some sort of wooden inventory rack but the prices I have found online are sky high (and very hard to find).

Do you guys have any recommendations for either hardware or just other cool ideas i could incorporate into this project?

Since you're DIY'ing the project, if you want raw wood rows milled, I can supply you with those. I just won't do any post processing like adding sides, sanding, etc. Just be warned that when you mill rows int wood, it wants to curl up since one side has a bunch of material removed.