Comments on: It’s Just Cool: Seriously Shiny Diamond Plate Cabinets

By: Where is the cool garage stuff? | Garage with a Detached Home

Where is the cool garage stuff? | Garage with a Detached Home — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:52:26 +0000

[...] Ok, I guess I need to be more specific. Let’s try cool garage tools. Google gave me cool tools: garage sale maps. There was a link to some SERIOUSLY boring stuff that Popular Science was hawking. Oh wait… this isn’t a tool, but it involves tools, and would live in a garage (yep, I’m not going to say what it is, just go look). after digging back a few pages, I was able to find a ratcheting breaker bar that can handle 376 lbs/ft of torque. Then I hit another site. While I really like diamond plate… I think this is going a little too far. [...]

By: nrChris

nrChris — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:33:39 +0000

I am drooling all over myself. Too bad it is pricey–the bang for the buck really is not there on this one. Cabinets in my shop are free or cheap pulls from remodels / demo. They hold my tools just as nicely. But if I had unlimited money, that would be a different story.

By: Patrick Fitzgerald

Patrick Fitzgerald — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:47:10 +0000

That hurts my eyes.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:11:53 +0000

Exactly, GAC… Can you imagine actually trying to work on that hard, slippery, noisy surface? I’ll take good ol’ wood any day… And I actually think its amazingly ugly too…

By: GAC

GAC — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:04:28 +0000

I’ll put “Bling” as a lesser quality when it lands firmly in the Form over Function category.
Diamond plate on a work surface like the table top and shelf surface is a pain in the arse.