Ikea ALEX organizer with shelves for storage boxes

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First, a word of caution - these shelf brackets are untested. They're not engineered or designed to bear any particular load, and there are many variables that could affect their strength. So, what I'm saying is, use them at your own risk, or don't use them at all. For my organizer cabinet, I printed the brackets out using ABS (I wouldn't print them in PLA), and used four walls with a high amount of infill - maybe 40%. Even with ABS, I can't say how well they'll hold up, or that they won't come crashing down one day and spill out my precious resistor and capacitor collection. That would be a disaster. To assemble the cabinet, follow these steps: 1. Open just one box for the cabinets and remove the side panels. 2. Measure for the bracket holes and drill them in each side panel - don't accidentally drill holes in both left or both right sides! 3. Assemble the cabinets without the drawers. 4. Install the brackets and drawer slider on the cabinets only. 5. Put feet on the cabinets and also put feet on the bottom shelf, which just sits on the desk surface in my case. 6. Square everything up and install the shelves using #8 5/8" wood screws - work from the top down! 7. Add a stop on the back of the pull-out shelf using leftover scrap or another bracket - something should be there to keep stuff from sliding too far back off the shelf. 8. Paint the raw edge of the sliding shelf with some dark brown paint - that was bugging me when I looked at it. 9. After building the drawers, use a template to mark the locations of the holes for the drawer handles and then drill small pilot holes and attach the handles. In a related project, I made some dividers for the organizers that go into this cabinet: * Stanley 014725R organizer - large 3-compartment bin with lids plus 4 bins * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3097911 * Stanley 014725R organizer - medium 3-compartment bin with lids * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3094761 * Stanley 014725R organizer bin dividers * https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3091544