I imagine if you load up both drawers it will have enough weight to not tip when one is opened.

10 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I imagine if you load up both drawers it will have enough weight to not tip when one is opened.

nope. the weight of the cabinet plus the weight of the closed drawer would need to exceed the weight of the opened drawer by quite a bit. i built some dressers for us years ago, full extenion glides, if i open 2-3 drawers at the same time, it risks tipping it over. this is why commercial dressers come with wall anchors/brackets, to prevent little kids from getting squished if they open more than one drawer at a time. and you'd put heavy things down low, not light stuff. same reason ovens come with anti-tip brackets for one of the back legs.

need to tie this to something big and heavy. DP post or floor.

alternately, if you got a sheet of 3/4" plywood, at least 2x as deep as the cabinet (say 36 inches), same width, and tied the cabinet to that, it would solve the tipping problem. same reason tall drill presses should be bolted to the floor or bolted to a large sheet of plywood (like mine is), to prevent tipping of a top heavy item. you could remove the casters, bolt the cabinet to a plywood sheet, and attach the sheet to the casters, so it's still mobile, just it won't tip forward.

@DAB that was my first thought but I don't have the DP bolted to the floor either.

For now I added an unused 25 pound weight plate to the back (just enough room!!) and that actually seems to be very stable when loaded. More of a bandaid that gives me a temporary solution.

What a project! 🤣🤣🤣

Best laid plans of mice and men…..

hang some weight on the back of the cabinet (outside the drawer). got another of those weights?

Hanz and Franz want to PUMP you UP!!!! no one wants to be a Girly Man!

17 minutes ago, DAB said:

hang some weight on the back of the cabinet (outside the drawer). got another of those weights?

For now, this weight seems to be sufficient - is a 25 pound plate. I will need to get the DP secured as well once I'm sure of the "final" location.

Still shifting some things around in the shop as I'm seeing how I work in the expanded space I picked up when we moved the workout equipment into the house. Overall I think I'm close, but need to get better functional working areas setup. In particular, want to get something to avoid crawling on the floor to break down plywood sheets. Is there ever enough horizontal surface?!?

I'll be starting a new scroll saw project; a large ( 24" x 36" ) sign with some lettering and a couple of Graphics. I'll be using mostly spiral blades on this one as it's oversized ( my SS has a 22" throat and I can't spin a piece that large.

I'm mildly annoyed with my local OfficeMax; when I called to confirm that they could print locally I was told their large format printer was down and they didn't have a timeline for if/when it would be repaired, grrr. So, nine sheets of 11 x 17 paper later...

11 hours ago, lew said:

Best laid plans of mice and men…..

and women (!).

One political party must be worried.

We're getting political ads for candidates that are not even on our November ballot.

(They're candidates for districts other than ours.)

Edited October 11Oct 11 by Larry Buskirk