My daughter has requested me to make this for her.
She want it painted white and with a backplate.
I do have the equipment to make this, both from mdf, plywood, softwood and hardwood - but I have not made this kind of furnitures before.
So I wondered if someone could share some knowlege and advice on:
- recommended material (mdf, ply, softwood or hardwood)
- joinery - where to create joints and type of joints, so basically how to construct it
- thickness of shelds so that I avoid sag
My advice would be to use 3/4 plywood of some kind. Sanded ply should hold up well enough and you will be able to get wide enough pieces without spending a fortune. You could also cut off thin strips of a wood like poplar or maple to protect (and pretty up) the edges of the plywood.
Rabbets or rebates in the corners to give a little extra glue surface and help square things. Then, dados and grooves in sides and shelves to seat the pieces perpendicular. Also, it's always best to set the back panel into a rabbet around the back edges to help stiffen and keep things square.
If you felt you needed it, you could reinforce the joints with screws (and plugs to hide the heads) or dowels. But, I honestly don't think you'll need it if your joints are tight and you use good quality glue.
Unless you have a lot of clamps you'll need to use screws or nails to assemble the case around the interior partitions. This sort of thing is a good prospect for biscuit joinery, tongue and groove, or dados.
Unless you have a lot of clamps you ll need to use screws or nails to assemble the case around the interior partitions. This sort of thing is a good prospect for biscuit joinery, tongue and groove, or dados.
Knowing how women like to nest and move furniture around what about building the three sizes separately so she can rearrange and stack them differently. Obviously with some kind of dowel or locking together schema.
Yes! the toe kick will require a design adjustment but be invaluable treating this as a furniture piece. I'm not a big fan of painting that which will receive wear and tear from books and other objects. I prefer a more durable finish, bit then, you might be able to add a white pigment to an oil based finish that will accomplish both appearance and durability. Just sayin'…
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