I have been working on cleaning out one of my storage areas. I have collected a lot of “stuff” and I am overflowing with finished projects. Something has to be done.
This piece was dropped off to me last summer, and it’s not only been taking up room in the garage, but it’s also been holding 1 large and 2 small dollies hostage! Thankfully it was on those dollies, allowing me to roll it out of the garage.
The middle section held drawers that no longer work. I was about to take a hammer to it and part it out, when it occurred to me that “divide and conquer” might be a better way to go.
If nothing else, I figured I could stack one atop the other, hence taking up a lot less room.
The saw of choice this time was my Ryobi reciprocating saw.
The front facing is removed.
I removed the back, then laid it down so that I could do the toe kick and the back piece.
This part was simple work.
I didn’t take a picture after I separated the two pieces. But, while looking at them, I decided to use the uglier piece as a saw stand. I added some extensions on the bottom to give the tool stand more stability and allow me to add locking wheels.
For the top of the saw stand, I used some scrap shelving from the original hutch that came with this large base cabinet piece. I parted the hutch out last fall.
This is actually the third stand this saw has been on. Each of the other two were much too small, making me feel unsafe to operate the sliding compound miter saw. Since putting this together, I’ve already used it several times.
The good news is, I still have one more piece of this cabinet to do something with.
It’s a good week when I get to saw furniture. 
gail
Donna Grainger says
April 20, 2015 at 2:18 pmGail, love what you did with the cabinet, but wondering about the front extensions – I would be constantly knocking my ankles!! Could the extensions be attached to the front and back for the same kind of stability? Just don’t want you to have purple ankles now that sandal weather is here!! Hope all is well with you and yours.
dg
gail@myrepurposedlife.com says
April 20, 2015 at 3:01 pmDonna,
I’m confused by your question…. 🙂 The extensions are on the front AND back.
I’ve used this saw many times, and walked by it a LOT, and so far, no oopsies! I love that I can finally cut the larger boards and it’s actually stored in another garage, so that makes it easier on me as well. I do a lot of projects out of this garage and I was always walking back and forth to make many many cuts.
thanks so much for your concern about my purple ankles. How sweet!
gail
girlfromwva says
April 13, 2015 at 2:07 pmgreat idea to use one half as a saw stand. will be waiting to see if what you do with the other piece!
Laurel Stephens says
April 13, 2015 at 10:13 amThat’s a awesome picture!! 🙂
Mindi says
April 13, 2015 at 9:32 amSo smart to use it as a saw stand! I need to build one for my new saw I got last Christmas, it is too big for my shed, so I haven’t used it yet! I love that you just used cabinet, that you got to cut in half 🙂 maybe I could find one….
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says
April 13, 2015 at 8:31 amBrilliant repurposing project and SOOO glad you are being safe with your power tools!
Tracy@www.bluridgevintage.com says
April 13, 2015 at 5:39 amThat sure was a pretty large piece and I am sure it was taking up quite a bit of room (I was wonderful how you had room for all your great projects). I know it is great when you actually stumble across a piece that you can break apart an use for several different projects. Now you can look for other items to probably fill that empty space. Looking forward to see what you do with the leftover cabinet.