When I moved into my first workshop I made myself a pair of wall cabinets. following a design by 'Alf Martensson' ( now there's a name one doesn't hear mentioned much nowadays) Can't remember where I saw it, but it's a fairly systemised build. I suppose it bridges the gap between a ' plane till' and a 'cabinet',
The rear box of the cabinet is 4ft high by 3ft wide by 5,1/2 inch deep, and is made entirely of 1/2 inch ply. The system, is in using 5 inch wide strips throughout ( the 5,1/2 inch dimension previously given ,takes into account a 1/2 inch backing board) Where a housing is needed to capture the end of the shelves the sides of the cabinet have an additional 5 inch strip of the appropriate length, glued and pinned on.
The base contains many closely spaced, full width, shelves with various small uprights in between. This allows you to fit all the various sized planes on their side in their own individual compartments.
The 'cabinet' aspect of the build is the pair of box doors to the front. These use the same system as the back. except the strips are only 3 inches wide. They are held on with piano hinges Also, the doors are each less than 18 inches wide, leaving a 1/4 inch gap where they meet This allows them to close against each other Each door is latched - top and bottom - with cabinet clasps.
