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Kitchen Recycling Bins Cupboard DIY

Here’s my step by step on how I made our kitchen recycling bins cabinet. I designed it to hold 3 x 25L Wham bins with a hinged lid opening and liner storage etc underneath with a drop down drawer cover
Prep Time1 day
Cook Time1 day
Total Time2 days
Keyword: cabinet making, furniture, recycling
Servings: 1 cabinet
Author: Vikkie Lee
Cost: 50

Equipment

  • Tape measure
  • Erbauer cordless circular saw (gifted)
  • Erbauer battery
  • Safety boots (gifted)
  • Irwin clamps
  • Spirit level as straight edge
  • Face mask
  • Ear defenders
  • Goggles
  • Combination square
  • Speed square
  • Erbauer palm router (gifted)
  • Chamfer router bit (45 degree) from this set
  • V router bit from this set
  • Erbauer biscuit jointer
  • 2 x 1200mm sash clamps
  • Combi drill
  • Fatmax combi drill
  • Wood drill bits
  • Erbauer cordless jigsaw (gifted)
  • Chisels or Imperial straight router bit for hinge
  • Makita belt sander
  • Shims
  • Pliers and snipe nosed pliers
  • Hacksaw

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut the front panels with a circular saw.
  • Mark 30mm line along the top of the verticals if create hand slot/vents to open lid late.
  • Chamfer all the front section cuts with a 45 degree chamfer router bit.
  • Mark central of each strip where it joins opposing panel and transfer to other side. Do this on all areas where the strips meet.
  • Cut biscuit slots for number 20 biscuits. Note number 20 is for 18mm or thicker wood.
  • Glue and biscuit all slots and clamp together. Ensure all is square by checking measurements are equally with a tape measure. This is measured from corner to corner. Once it is, leave to dry overnight.
  • Mark and biscuit slot at the back of the left and right side of the front panel and on to the side panels. You may need to adjust the biscuit slot depth for accuracy when joining together. Glue and clamp as before. If not enough clamps, do it in sections.
  • Cut a shelf to raise the recycling bins and biscuit cut, glue, biscuit and clamp. While left to e, fix cabinet/modesty blocks from underneath the shelf for extra support.
  • Hold the drawer cover in place and screw the next shelf just below it (which will be covered up by the final trim).
  • Now add detail on the drawer cover as shown in the notes above.
  • Then line up the trim and mark where your hinges will go. If using butt hinges (harder than front facing hinges), router out the hinge depth with an imperial straight bit. Please watch the video embedded to see how.
  • Screw the hinge in place - preferably with a non-electric screw driver. Then position the drawer with thin shims to ensure easy opening. And mark where the trim overlaps before cutting carefully with a jigsaw.
  • Glue and mount the bottom trim on with more modesty blocks (or pocket hole jig if you have one).
  • Screw on the cabinet magnet. (See video again).
  • Cut the chain with a hack saw and using pliers, open the eyelets and drill a narrower hole at the back of the drawer cover and inside the drawer section where you'll hand screw it in.
  • Now using my handle jig from an offcut (in notes above), drill where you want your handle and screw to drawer cover.
  • Attach back strip for hinge top with modesty blocks.
  • Cut out pine top and biscuit join, glue and clamp to create a larger piece if needed. Then router all around with a chamfer bit.
  • Sand with an orbit sander if needed (I did this off camera), then cut a separate pine strip that will mount on top of the back strip and add hinges to create a top opening lid.
  • Line up and mount the lid to the back strip.
  • Then stain all top with your desired colour and varnish.
  • Paint your piece with your desired paint. I used self undercoating Dulux Trade satinwood in brilliant white which is oil based.

Video