Working on a sliding lid box

I finished up a sliding lid box this weekend. Its funny, because I was originally going to make this using a router for the inside. Unfortunately, my router bit wouldnt dig deep enough, so I decided to cut it out on the band saw. Then I decided to use a scroll saw, so I could avoid cutting the entry point that would require gluing.
Well, I screwed up a key part cutting the lid and ended up having to make the box much shallower. I could have done it on the router to begin with! I like the way the lid works out, though. Video on Friday.

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Project preview sliding door shop cabinet

Painting the cabinet yesterday

Ive been busy remodeling my shop over the past two weeks. By rearranging a bit of the furniture, I freed up quite a bit of wall space. This week, I built a sliding door cabinet to hold, well stuff. I have no doubt it will fill up quickly!
Heres a preview of the project. Video and free plans tomorrow!

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Sliding lid box

Heres the box that began as as a router box and then got skinnier. First time Ive ever used a scroll saw to make a bandsaw box, but it seemed to work. It got me thinking about challenging myself to make the tiniest bandsaw box ever, using the scroll saw. I might try that. Maybe start with a 2" block of wood, or even smaller.

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Make a sliding door garage or shop cabinet

Storage cabinetNaturally, since Ive been cleaning out my shop and freeing up a lot of space, I needed to build a storage cabinet for the inevitable incoming stuff that will need to be disposed of in a few years. The cycle of life will continue!
One thing I want to do is avoid rushing into filling up my new-found wall space. I kind of like reveling in the minimalism. (Well, comparatively speaking.) But I did want to build this cabinet immediately to alleviate some of my workbench clutter.
This sliding door cabinet is a good size for most garages. Its deep enough to store all sorts of things, but the shelves arent so deep that it builds up layers of stuff you cant get to because its hiding behind other stuff. You can easily adjust the size of this cabinet to fit your space, but I would keep its depth under 12". The shelves in mine are 10.5".
The construction is very simple and utilitarian. There are no fancy joints or techniques. You can make it out of a single sheet of 3/4" plywood. I used solid wood for the face frame and shelf supports, but plywood would be fine, and there is enough in that single sheet. You will also need 1/4" plywood for the doors.
I picked up the plastic door runners at my local hardware store. If you cant find them, heres an Amazon link.Check in tomorrow as I further discuss my organization efforts and my philosophy behind them.
Free plans:

• WWMM Sliding-door garage cabinet (pdf)
• Sketchup file