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DIY gear storage locker

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I have done a couple of these now for friends and just sharing the idea. It’s a nice little DIY project that you can store a lot of gear in and it is unlimited in what you can do. Pretty inexpensive, you may already have the cabinet at home.
When flat screen / flat panel TVs came along some people got rid of their “entertainment centers”. Many are furniture quality. I’ve bought several in thrift shops for under $25. Being furniture quality they can blend in different rooms.
They are all types of configurations and with some hardware store add ons you can set up the way you want. You can add locking gun storage if you want or add locks to the cabinet itself.
Lighting can be as simple as battery powered, motion detector lights. Peg board can be added to an interior wall and braced from the outside. White boards, chalk boards, eye hooks, cup hooks, pull out drawers, hanging rods offer multiple storage options. Hooks can be added to the outside to hang hats, jackets and other items from. Most have electrical hook ups on the inside.
It can be a nice weekend project that repurposes a large and sometimes expensive piece.
Have fun.
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Discussion starter · #3 ·
Nice job! I was immediately struck by the thought that you could include a padded work surface on sliding runners that could extend out to the front for the owner to sit and clean his / her firearms. When done, slide the whole mess back into the cabinet and close the doors.
That’s one of neat things about repurposing the entertainment centers, you can do so many different things. I remember seeing several at Goodwill or maybe the Salvation Army thrift store that had sturdy pull out sections where a TV would sit that easily be converted to a movable cleaning / work station
 
Discussion starter · #6 ·
Another thing I have done with one of these entertainment centers was to gut it and place it over a small gun safe in a family room. Gun safe disappeared and they already had a big wall mounted flatscreen so it was hidden in plain site