Easy Ammo Crate Liquor Cabinet

Starting with the completed photos!

Easy Ammo Crate Liquor Cabinet

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SUPPLIES NEEDED

ammo crate (army surplus stores have them, or ask around with friends)

2 crutches ( pick these up cheap at thrift stores. I paid 4$ for both mine)

at least 4 screws

(if you add shelves, you'll need 4 per shelf, or you could use 4 nails per shelf)

(if you add shelves, you'll also need a board to make them out of)

4 washers that fit the screws

as shown in the photo, we just lengthened the crutches all the way, to expose more holes. then took some drywall screws with washers on them to put through the holes and attach the crutches to the box.

for the first screw on each side, we put it on cinder blocks to make it fairly even.

at first we thought the crutches would work best centered on the crate, as shown in the third photo. WRONG! this didn't work out, because it tried to fall forward when the door was open. I tried just replacing the bottom screws so it leaned really far forward at the bottom, but that still didn't help, so we had to move the crutches both forward and re-drill holes.

after some trial and error, we put them as far forward as possible and put a considerable slant on it. I figured if anything was going to fall, I'd prefer it to fall into the back of the cabinet rather than to fall forward. we did have to make sure that the crutch was behind where the door would swing open.

depending on your ammo box, your setup could be very different. with the style of these things, I wouldn't mind putting a hand full of holes in them to keep trying to make sure it sits the way you want it to.

You have to jack with it a bit to find out what's gonna work. another option would be to use three crutches and have the actual bottom pad on the ground and attach them to the sides and back.

the last picture is how we left it.

after putting bottles in, measure the width directly above them. next you'll cut a board to be the shelf. you can use a strip of plywood, or normal dimensional lumber with a 1 or 3 inch measurement.

I had a strip left of an old road barricade, so I thought it would be cool to reuse. Also reminded me of some other Tom Sachs projects.

you could drill pilot holes, and try to get the screws directly in your boards

if you have room for another shelf, it's exactly the same as the first one.

Your ammo crate will likely make it a little different.

Easy Ammo Crate Liquor Cabinet