The wife & I would like to cover an end wall in the lounge (8' tall x 9' wide) in a grid / box storage system. The TV will live in it, dvd's, books, tat, etc.
I'd like birch ply, MDF is a reluctant possibility.
So, show me what you've achieved, any words of wisdom, links to informative web pages.
Cheers.
I built this for the Workshop
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18mm? How'd you joint it?
My design, but fabricated by a cabinet maker friend who had the table saw needed to make it properly. It's mdf. Weighs a ton, comes in three pieces. It's a bit of a big bugger. But I need somewhere to store my maps 🙂
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from a bit further away
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who had the table saw needed to make it properly.
Hmm, this is a concern. I have a (decent): Circular, Compound chop, jigsaws & router.
Stoner - why'd you opt for MDF?
stable, value for money for 18mm. Takes paint well.
Easier to work with on something simple like shelving.
PS, I could have made it with my rip saw, and a lot of trestle tables but then there's still all the rebates to cut to make blind shelving joints unless you go for the peg-in-the-hole approach.
18mm? How'd you joint it?
If I'd had a biscuit cutter, I'd have used that, but instead I screwed through from the top of each shelf into the edge of the vertical and used little right angle brackets for the lower edge (it's only for the workshop, so aesthetics didn't really matter).
Another option would have been the pocket wizard screw thing:
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I didn't have a table saw, but did use a tracking circular saw, which made getting long straight edges easy.
I used 18mm Ply as I had some lying about plus I wanted it load bearing, it now has tons of stuff (mainly tools) piled on top of it....