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Justin asks:
My question is about Roy’s nail cabinet (PWM, February 2014). I have built the cabinet, turned it into a crate and have the door ready to assemble. I still need to build 21 drawers. I am so glad that you did this article it is the thing I have been wanting to add to my shop. My question is about the bottom of the cabinet as it hang on the wall. Why is there a 1/2” overhang on each side? Is it just because that is the way the original is made? Or is there a mechanical reason behind it? It has just confused me since I started looking into the cabinet.
Non-answer:
I wondered that myself when I measured the original at Roy’s shop. The only stupid explanation I could come up with is that it was some sort of slight visual clue that it was the base of the cabinet.
Other explanations:
1. Perhaps the maker forgot to cut the bottom stile to finished length after attaching it and left it as-is?
2. Perhaps the overhang has something to do with the box’s former life as a crate? Was it a way to grab the crate to slide it forward? I think this is unlikely for a number of reasons as it would make the crate less efficient to pack against other crates. And there are already places one the crate to grab – the rails and stiles.
3. The Trilateral Commission had a hand in it?
4. You hang stuff on the overhangs?
Crate experts are encouraged to weigh in.
— Christopher Schwarz
