Finally finished sanding the big cabinet that's been sitting in the garage for weeks now. After noticing the new belt I put on a few hours of sanding back had worn itself out I replaced it, then found it was too coarse for the job and left a few scratches. But it got the last of the crud off, which was good. Then I put a finer belt on the sander and went over everything again, and then gave it some time with a random orbital sander.
Now the unit is still sitting in the garage with the doors put back on it, just waiting for me to clear a space in the basement for it. I'll need to clear a path to get it through to where I want it, and figure the best way to get it from the garage through the house and down the basement stairs. It's not particularly heavy but is unwieldy.
I had planned to put studs on the wall in the basement and screw the cabinet to the wall but having just seen the price of lumber I think I'll make some short legs for it instead. It's not quite as clean but is hugely cheaper. The wall studs I wanted to put in place would have taken $50 worth of wood and I'd still most likely have needed a couple of legs for the unit. With any luck I can make the legs from offcuts I've got floating about.
