Nail Gun Cabinet

March 28, 2015June 13, 2015 MattLaneWoodShop

This week’s project was a nail gun cabinet. I have been wanting to make an organizer of some sort for my nail guns for a while now and when I came across a design from FixThisBuildThat I was sure I could make it work. The plans were for a hanging tool cabinet and I knew I could easily morph the plans to fit my needs.

This was a pretty simple build and under normal conditions can be easily built in a day! I chose to make the project a little more difficult by using dados for the joinery and adding a drawer to the bottom for nails and misc. stuff.

The final dimensions of this cabinet were 22 3/8″ wide by 23″ tall with a 4 1/4″ tall drawer for extra storage. I started by ripping and cross cutting all my parts at the same time, makes the assembly much easier if you have everything cut to the same size.

I used dados and counter sunk screws for the joinery of the cabinet itself. I also took the time to go ahead and cut the dados in the shelves for the dividers. I routed a few extra grooves an inch apart for extra room for maybe larger items in the future or more nail guns.

I used some leftover 1/4 plywood I had for the back, I also drilled some pocket holes in the top shelf to help attach the cleat on the back.

I waited to cut the dividers till after the case was constructed to make sure I could get a really nice fit.

I decided to add a drawer to the bottom of the case for nail storage. I cut the parts for the drawer out of 3/4 ply and pocket screwed them together and dado’d a 1/4 groove for the bottom and screwed it into the back after sliding it in the groove.

I made a false front out of some scrap Alder I had lying around the shop and made a simple pull out of the same material by cutting a simple 7 degree angle. I used a piece of tape to mark the location of the pull so I could pre drill and nail and glue the false front on.

My small screw driver came in handy for attaching the pull from the inside.

I wiped on two coats of polyurethane on the drawer front to help protect the wood.

And there you have it, an easy to build awesome nail gun cabinet. I should have built one of these a long time ago. I would like to thank Brad over at FixThisBuildThat for the inspiration for this project and allowing me to make this video of his build to show you guys.