BeesKnees
Two Pair
Bought this for the garage and seeing all of these shallow drawers got me thinking...
So I ran into the house to grab a few racks and it works pretty well.
The top three drawers are a little too shallow for the racks I have (cheapie). There was very minor rub with the racks but any rub is too much rub. The boxes fit well however.
The top clamshell shelf was very spacious and will hold 11 racks *almost* perfectly, if you look just above the lock I had to remove a few chips to make it fit. Possibly I could flip the way I put the racks in and that might work, I didn’t think of that until now. Regardless I’m confident that it won’t be hard to modify the lock hardware to make it fit.
It sells for $298 but is on sale for $99 (at least in Canada anyway) until the 31st of January at Lowe’s.
A few things to add on the cabinet:
-It’s exactly what I imagined to get for $99, the drawers are a touch sticky but actually seem to work a bit better with weight in them. I wouldn’t say this is flimsy but it definitely lacks the sturdiness of a more expensive chest.
-The lock works in a way that the clamshell has to be fully open to unlock the drawers which maybe is normal for chests like this, but I could see this being just a minor inconvenience. It works surprisingly smoothly however.
-The drawers were fairly easy to remove and replace, that way you could drill through the back of the cabinet or through the bottom to bolt it to something for added security. I didn’t check to see how easy it would be to switch the drawer slides to easy stop slides.
-4 drawers that fit 7 racks well, 3 drawers the might work with different racks or 7 boxes, plus the clamshell shelf with 11 racks. That makes for a total of 60 racks.
-This chest is staying in the garage but if I was going to buy one to hold chips I’d probably look at an upgrade especially if I was buying this around the $300 dollar mark.
-There is a small strip of area behind the racks in the drawers that could fit narrow things like cards or plaques, I didn’t get a measurement.
-This exercise makes me realize that I could use some nicer racks, more boxes, definitely more chips but mostly more money! (Edit: but mostly more chips)
All in all it’s not a bad idea for some storage on a tight budget!
So I ran into the house to grab a few racks and it works pretty well.
The top three drawers are a little too shallow for the racks I have (cheapie). There was very minor rub with the racks but any rub is too much rub. The boxes fit well however.
The top clamshell shelf was very spacious and will hold 11 racks *almost* perfectly, if you look just above the lock I had to remove a few chips to make it fit. Possibly I could flip the way I put the racks in and that might work, I didn’t think of that until now. Regardless I’m confident that it won’t be hard to modify the lock hardware to make it fit.
It sells for $298 but is on sale for $99 (at least in Canada anyway) until the 31st of January at Lowe’s.
A few things to add on the cabinet:
-It’s exactly what I imagined to get for $99, the drawers are a touch sticky but actually seem to work a bit better with weight in them. I wouldn’t say this is flimsy but it definitely lacks the sturdiness of a more expensive chest.
-The lock works in a way that the clamshell has to be fully open to unlock the drawers which maybe is normal for chests like this, but I could see this being just a minor inconvenience. It works surprisingly smoothly however.
-The drawers were fairly easy to remove and replace, that way you could drill through the back of the cabinet or through the bottom to bolt it to something for added security. I didn’t check to see how easy it would be to switch the drawer slides to easy stop slides.
-4 drawers that fit 7 racks well, 3 drawers the might work with different racks or 7 boxes, plus the clamshell shelf with 11 racks. That makes for a total of 60 racks.
-This chest is staying in the garage but if I was going to buy one to hold chips I’d probably look at an upgrade especially if I was buying this around the $300 dollar mark.
-There is a small strip of area behind the racks in the drawers that could fit narrow things like cards or plaques, I didn’t get a measurement.
-This exercise makes me realize that I could use some nicer racks, more boxes, definitely more chips but mostly more money! (Edit: but mostly more chips)
All in all it’s not a bad idea for some storage on a tight budget!
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