Recently I scored a 1978 Snap-On Roller Chest. The problem is where to put the darn thing. After restoration of the chest, I am planning to build a shop cabinet around the Roller Chest.

Here's my shop cabinet design finished just a few moments ago. The framing will be standard 2x4 lumber, with 3/4" BC Plywood for the shelves, sides, top, and bottom.

I wanted doors but I didn't want cheesy looking plywood doors, even with edge trim. Standard sized kitchen cabinet doors wouldn't be right either. Luckily my good friend Dave come up with a nifty door solution.

An interior wood door I asked? "Yes", Dave said, "think outside the box." A design concept was born.

The 28" doors will be framed within the 2x4 cabinet frame. The doors will be flush mounted and feature 17mm-19mm S-Curve chrome wrenches as door handles. Clear LED rope lighting will run fore and aft of the shelf corners and operate through a door pressure switch.

Above the roller chest will be two 12" deep bookshelves with lighting. The flat top surface of the roller chest will be covered with a handmade oak table top, sans legs.

Stay tuned, this is gonna be fun!