Help: card storage table

[steve B]

Retrofitting isn't hard. If you pick up a decent looking old bureau thats a nice start.

I'd replace the drawer bottoms with some 3/4 plywood so they can handle the weight, then make divider inserts. The one in the table is removeable. I used some 1/4 inch -Birch?Ash? I forget which, but it's a stocked item at Lowes. I used some accurately cut 2x4 scraps to space the long parts the right width apart, clamped them together and then glued and nailed the ends on. The compartment near where the lid support is was a bit tricky but not too bad.

The floor of the table is masonite, but Since I was making it I left enough room for a supporting bar for the center.

I figure converting a bureau might take a day for each drawer, maybe less if you've got enough clamps to do more than one insert at a time.

The table is deeper than most, I've never seen a table I could convert for graded cards, and only a few that would be deep enough for toploaders.

I've gotten a lot better since I made the table.

Steve B