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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3475262, member: 93702&quot;]Well - a small update... sorry that this may bump the thread.. but I have seen many threads that promise updates on fairly interesting topics but never actually get updated (if this is not interesting to you please excuse me and scroll on...I get it - seriously this is a long, useless post - so move on to the coins!!)</p><p><br /></p><p>My time has only started to free up over the last few days so I finally had time to take a deep dive into this project and see what I am up against.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well there are some challenges and it made me wonder if it would have been better if I just build my own cabinet and not try this retrofit... but I am committed to make this work - it will be fine (so I keep telling myself).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Firstly a few disclaimers: </b>I am NO carpenter. I have no training .. this will not be a masterpiece...I work in I.T... need I say more? I built a bar for my &quot;man-cave&quot; - it turned out awesome as far as I am concerned - but any true craftsman will need me to feed him a few beers before he would say &quot;good job&quot;. I do not work with expensive hardwood and light colored stain.. for the simple reason that I screw up too much and wood filler/ paint/ clear coat covers the sins... seriously my standards are low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the bar.... oh if it could talk!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924473[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On to the cabinet... it had old time casters that were trimmed in (added after the cabinet was made) on the bottom. It was too tall for my liking. My wife wanted a &quot;sofa table&quot;.. basically to sit behind the couch in front of this bar (at the moment I plan to extend the cabinet with shelves on each side..). So removing the casters and the trim that was added to cover them brought the cabinet to the correct height. Perfect.</p><p>I then sanded, cleaned, painted and clear coated the interior:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I worked on one drawer.. trying to get one right and determine how best to tackle the rest.. (this is how they came):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Painted and added some felt..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924476[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thin birch ply and cut some holes ... a bit big I think?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924479[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Add sesterii... need to clean up that finish - not good... but you get the idea.</p><p>This drawer is all about trial and error.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924480[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*Then try to slide the drawer back in the cabinet... and no, don&#039;t fit. The drawers were so tight that adding the paint/clear coat was a problem. I am more of</p><p>a brick layer than a cabinet maker. So it looks like I will have to run each drawer</p><p>through the router first - shave them a bit and I&#039;ll be good (ish). Looking at the pics now the drawer looked better without the black..haha? It&#039;s all a work in progress.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 78(!) drawers in this cabinet..</p><p><br /></p><p>One cool thing happened... I pulled the drawers and lifted up the cabinet and heard a clink!!.. is that a coin? It is! Definitely.. has to be a aureus right?? I was so confident that I would never have to work again!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well... back to the salt mines.... but nice patina!!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s certainly it&#039;s a pretty cool find and connection with whomever made the cabinet and collected coins in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will ensure that the penny stays with the cabinet and has a prominent place in one of the drawers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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