Home made drawers under $110. Basic measurments added

[Justo77 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Justo77]

I just wanted to say a big thanks to all those who have contributed to this thread it was extremely helpful when building my drawers. I'll be putting some pics of mine up soon when i get a bit of spare time.

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Heres what i did with my drawers, I only wanted a single drawer on one side as I need to be able to use one of the rear seats. My main motivation for doing it was that once the fridge was in the back it was pretty much full since if you store things on top you cant open the fridge.
I used 15mm CD ply for the construction from the local timber yard, telescopic drawer runners from a cabinet makers supply store and i got a drop T handle off ebay.
Heres a couple of pics.

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Some more....

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And now for the finished product.
The fridge slide is an ARB medium size, I think to suit their 40lt fridge, its the perfect size for the Waeco 60lt. It is held in place with t nuts that I attached on the underside of the top before screwing and glueing it all together and 6 x M8 screws.
To attach the drewer i have used the common method of using the bracket for the seat. As well as that I took the seat mounts off the floor and have used 2 of the screw holes to bolt through the bottom of the unit.
On the side closest to the window I have hinged the flap to use as a bit of extra storage.
So far so good, we went away for a couple of weeks in April and my wife loves it (good to work up a couple of brownie points before the next project). Haven't done a lot of off road work yet but it seems to be pretty secure.

Justin

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Nice work. Exactly what I would like to build for mine. Will you or have you fastened the base to the floor by means of a U bolt in third row like Trekriders or the like? For me it needs to be removed easily as it will regularly removed to make room for school runs etc... I also want to build a table on the rear door, so I will need to allow for that.

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Justo77,

Looks great.

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I did think about using u bolts but the thing that concerned me is clearence between the bolt and the drawer, I wnted to make the drawer as big as possible and didn't want to loose space by having bolts sticking up. I figured it would only take an extra couple of minutes to put the seat brackets back in.
If you do end up using u bolts let us know how you go and post up some pics, I would probably consider modifying mine if it works well.

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I used a U bolt on the third row seat mount (on the floor) to hold down the drawer boxes in the middle - stops them bouncing when going over bumps

I have'nt made mine yet and am also unsure on how to successfuly fasten. I would be interested in seeing some pics on Trekriders solution (hint). Not only to stop them bouncing when going over the bumps (that would drive me insane!!!) but more importantly to ensure that the drawer system is securely fastened in case of an accident. I shudder to think what damage this could do in an unfortunate event such as a roll over.

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but more importantly to ensure that the drawer system is securely fastened in case of an accident. I shudder to think what damage this could do in an unfortunate event such as a roll over.

That was my thought exactly so I think I may have gone a bit overboard with the amount of screws etc used but better safe than sorry.

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After dropping a fair bit of coin into the truck the last two weeks i thought i would have a crack at rear drawers...

this is my progress thus far.
day 1


these slide roller thingies are rated to 50kg and were the most expensive part of the job so far.

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Here you go ,
fridge back in and all edges finished.
I even replaced the carpet on the camp table to match.

it has turned out really neat considering i am not real flash at wood work.

here is the finish...









now wish i had made these ages ago and to think i was about to spend 2G on a set..

cheers Joey

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Where do we get the T-Latches and Piano Hinges from?

I went into Bunnings yesterday - No Luck

Supercheap and Autobarn for the T-Latches - No luck

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JCAT, this place is in Sunny Qld and has a pretty good range of everything. They have an online shopping service so worth having a look. http://www.ovesco.com.au/

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I have'nt made mine yet and am also unsure on how to successfuly fasten. I would be interested in seeing some pics on Trekriders solution (hint). Not only to stop them bouncing when going over the bumps (that would drive me insane!!!) but more importantly to ensure that the drawer system is securely fastened in case of an accident. I shudder to think what damage this could do in an unfortunate event such as a roll over.

Sorry guys, with the change to the new site I lost my subscription to this thread. I don't have any photo's of the U bolt solution. I got some small U bolts from bunnings and fitted them through the rear most seat mount on either side with a thin metal plate over the top and a couple of nuts to hold them in place. I then drilled small holes in the bottom of the drawer units to match - very difficult to line them up though. Once I knew where the holes had to be in the bottom of the drawer units I bolted a small metal plate to the bottom of the drawer unit (on the underside) with holes for the U bolt to pass through. I then enlarged the holes in the drawer units so that nuts would pass through onto the metal plates. I then refitted the drawer units with the U bolts passing up through the metal plates in the bottom and bolted it down. As the U bolts were too long I cut the ends off with an angle grinder. It's easy to take out but a real pain to get back in but as I don't take them out I'm not worried. I hope that helps.

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Where do we get the T-Latches and Piano Hinges from?

I went into Bunnings yesterday - No Luck

Supercheap and Autobarn for the T-Latches - No luck

I got my runners and T-Handles from rustynail_4x4 on ebay

http://shop.ebay.com.au/rustynail_4x...id=p4340.l2562

Piano Hinges from Bunnings, if yours didn't have them I'd try another branch.