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Tutorial: How to Install Shelves In Previously Built Cabinet

This cabinet was built in the late 80's or early 90's, by students at a nearby technical school.  We designed it to have a 10 slot gun cabinet on the left side.  Since then the guns have been given to my Grandson, so in order to get better use from it, I used a cubbie for a year or so, that I just sat inside it.  Since we are having the room repainted, I decided to make more permanent shelves for this side of the cabinet.  The picture below shows the cabinet with the cubbie inside it.  This worked ok, just wasn't the look I wanted. Here is how I made shelves for the left side of the cabinet: 1.  First clean everything out of your cabinet. (and stash it in the guest room) lol!!  Kinda like this!!  :) Then keep the door to the guest room SHUT! 2.  Measure the height, width, and depth of the inside. (since the right side of the cabinet had 3 shelves already built in, I will put 3 shelves in the left side as well). 3.   Meas...