Cabinet - Gun Cabinet

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Top Gun
A well-crafted cherry cabinet for long arms and pistols.
Many firearms are laid flat and slid under a bed, or they are
stood in a closet or buried in a drawer. Others are simply
laid across bland-looking racks. It doesn't have to be that
way. Firearms should be stored in a convenient and secure
place that allows us to admire and handle them or easily
remove them for hunting or target practice. We think this
gun cabinet succeeds on all counts. Long arms are stood in
the upper case, pistols displayed in the lower case.
Supplies and ammunition may be stored in the two drawers
below. With security in mind, the upper and lower doors are
equipped with locks, as are the drawers. The glazing is
impact-resistant acrylic sheet.
A gun cabinet can be an eye-catching piece of furniture,
and we've designed this piece to be as elegant as anything
else you would want to build. It's constructed of cherry
plywood and solid cherry. The upper and lower cases are
lighted with 20-watt, low-voltage halogen lamps. And the
moldings, hardware and proportions all suggest refinement,
not merely storage.
As projects go, this requires rather advanced skills. If
you've already built a cabinet of one type or another, then it
should be well within your capability. If you haven't built a
cabinet yet, then study the plans and materials list carefully
before beginning.
MATERIALS LIST--GUN CABINET
Key
No.
Size and description
A1 2
3/4 x 11 7/16 x 55" cherry plywood (side)
A2 2
3/16 x 3/4 x 55" cherry (edge band)
B
2
3/4 x 10 7/8 x 27 1/2" cherry ply. (top/bottom
C
1
1/4 x 27 3/4 x 53 1/2" cherry plywood (back)
D1 1
3/4 x 3 7/8 x 27" cherry (rail)
D2 1
3/4 x 1 5/8 x 27" cherry (rail)
D3 2
3/4 x 1 x 52 3/4" cherry (stiffener)
E1 1
1/2 x 9 7/16 x 27" plywood (butt rest)
E2 1
1/4 x 9 7/16 x 27" plywood (butt rest)
E3 1
3/16 x 3/4 x 27" cherry (edge band)
F
1
3/4 x 21/2 x 27" cherry (barrel rest)
G1 1
3/4 x 2 3/4 x 32 1/2" cherry (molding)
G2 2
3/4 x 2 3/4 x 13 5/8" cherry (molding)
H1 1
3/4 x 1 1/4 x 31" cherry (molding)
H2 2
3/4 x 1 1/4 x 12 7/8" cherry (molding)
I1
1
3/4 x 1 3/4 x 30" cherry (molding)
I2
2
3/4 x 1 3/4 x 12 3/8" cherry (molding)
J1 1
5/8 x 3/4 x 30 1/4" cherry (molding)
J2 2
3/4 x 7/8 x 12 5/8" cherry (molding)
K1 2
3/4 x 2 3/8 x 50 1/8" cherry (stile)
K2 2
3/4 x 2 3/8 x 22 7/8" cherry (rail)
K3 1
1/8 x 23 1/2 x 46" acrylic sheet
K4 1
1/4 x 5/16 x 144" cherry (retainer)
L1 2
3/4 x 17 13/16 x 28" cherry plywood (side)
L2 1
3/16 x 3/4 x 120" cherry (edge band)
M
1
3/4 x 12 x 27" cherry plywood (top)
N
1
3/4 x 17 1/4 x 27 1/2" cherry plywood (bottom
O
1
1/4 x 23 1/4 x 27 3/4" cherry plywood (back)
P1 1
3/4 x 17 7/16 x 27 1/2" plywood (shelf)
P2 1
3/16 x 3/4 x 27" cherry (edge band)
Q1 1
3/4 x 5 1/8 x 27" cherry (rail)
Q2 1
3/4 x 1/4 x 27" cherry (rail)
Q3 1
3/4 x 7/8 x 27" cherry (rail)
R1 1
3/4 x 1 x 27" cherry (divider)
R2 1
3/4 x 1 x 26 1/4" cherry (divider)
R3 2
3/4 x 1 x 7 1/4" cherry (divider)
S1 1
3/8 x 16 x 26 7/8" plywood (platform)
S2 1
3/4 x 3 5/8 x 26 7/8" cherry (support)
S3 1
3/4 x 1 1/2 x 26 7/8" cherry (cleat)
T1 1
3/4 x 4 x 30" cherry (molding)
T2 2
3/4 x 4 x 18 3/4" cherry (molding)
U1 1
1/2 x 3/4 x 29 1/2" cherry (molding)
U2 2
1/2 x 3/4 x 12 1/8" cherry (molding)
U3 2
1/2 x 3/4 x 18 1/2" cherry (molding)
U4 1
1/2 x 3/4 x 29 1/2" cherry (molding)
V1 2
3/4 x 5 x 27 5/8" cherry (drawer face)
V2 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 25 1/2" plywood (drawer
front/back)
V3 4
1/2 x 3 3/4 x 16" plywood (drawer side)
V4 2 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 25 1/2" plywood (drawer
bottom)
W1 2
3/4 x 2 3/8 x 11 1/4" cherry (stile)
W2 2
3/4 x 2 3/8 x 22 7/8" cherry (rail)
W3 1
1/8 x 7 1/8 x 23 1/2" acrylic sheet
W4 1
1/4 x 5/16 x 72" cherry (retainer)
X* 1
self-adhesive green felt, part GF 27
Y* 2
drawer slides, part GR 6040
Z* 2
door knobs, part SBH 88
AA* 2 pr.
drawer pulls, part SBH 83
BB# 1
twin-ball catch, part LA 511 3 PB
CC# 3 pr.
hinges, part AO 7697 3
DD* 1
lid support, part 96J6
EE# 4
locks, part N8073 03 642
FF 5
5/16" carriage bolts
GG 16
5/16 x 2" dowels
HH 3
1 1/2" No. 8 fh screws
II
3
1 1/4" No. 8 rh screws
JJ 4
1 1/4" No. 6 fh screws
KK 10
1" No. 6 drywall screws
LL 46
1/2" No. 6 pan head screws
MM 10
1 1/2" finish nails
NN 40
1" finish nails
OO 4
1" 18-ga. brass escutcheon pins, part 853-60
PP 63
5/8" 19-ga. nails
Misc:Watco Danish Oil, semigloss polyurethane,
sandpaper, wood glue.
*Constantine's, 2050 Eastchester Rd., Bronx, NY 10461;
800-223-8087.
#Woodworker's Hardware, P.O. Box 180, Sauk Rapids,
MN 56379; 800-383-0130.
+Woodworker's Supply, 1108 North Glenn Rd., Casper,
WY; 800-645-9292.
Case Construction
The gun cabinet is really two separate cases built
from cherry plywood. To make each case look like
it is built from solid lumber, edge bands are glued
to the front edge of each case panel. The drawer
fronts and doorframes are solid cherry.
The first step in case construction is to rough cut
the plywood into smaller panels that you then cut
to finished size on a table saw. The rough cut is
made with a circular saw. Be sure to position the
plywood so that the surface that will become the
outside is facing down.
1--Use a strip of wood and a pair of blocks
to position the guide strip on the case
side. Nail the strip to the panel.
The finished cuts are made on the
table saw
. To
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