Hey,
First off I'm new to the forums so hello everyone. I'm looking to make a custom TV cabinet to house all my bits and bobs nicely. Due to cost I'm looking to do this in MDF. Also as B&Q kindly cut everything to size (within reason) I was going to use these guys:
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber...mm/MDF-Board-L-2440-x-W-1220-x-T-18mm-9276268
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber...mm/MDF-Board-L-2440-x-W-1220-x-T-12mm-9276267
Here's my basic design (shelves in the middle bit may vary).
Lucky one of my best mates is a chippy that's willing to help me. Having said this I don't want to go in blind so was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on doing this.
If it's okay I have a random list of thoughts I'd like too see what people's opinion would be:
- Weight, if I was to move would you reckon this would be too heavy?
- Weight, would this cause a stability issue?
- Would it be best to put holes along the sides for the shelves, make it "changeable", and also if not fixed in this could reduce weight when moving.
- What would be the best drawer rollers?
- I appreciated this would be based on the rollers but what tolerances would be required with regards to the drawers? (2mm all round to the face + roller thickness to the width?)
- We were thinking about scribing the back allowing for 100mm "legs" to enable us to do this (to overcome the skirting in my living room). Should we "beef up" the legs?
- With regards to fixing it together I was thinking of using a few "MDF-Tite" screws with wood glue throughout. Would this hold or would we need better fixings?
For your information consoles and an HTPC will be going into this so there will be a considerable amount of weight in the cabinet. I am planning not to have anything on top of the unit though.
The dimensions of the cabinet is '936mm Tall' by '1808mm Wide', '600mm Deep'.
Thanks in advance.
First off I'm new to the forums so hello everyone. I'm looking to make a custom TV cabinet to house all my bits and bobs nicely. Due to cost I'm looking to do this in MDF. Also as B&Q kindly cut everything to size (within reason) I was going to use these guys:
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber...mm/MDF-Board-L-2440-x-W-1220-x-T-18mm-9276268
http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber...mm/MDF-Board-L-2440-x-W-1220-x-T-12mm-9276267
Here's my basic design (shelves in the middle bit may vary).
Lucky one of my best mates is a chippy that's willing to help me. Having said this I don't want to go in blind so was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on doing this.
If it's okay I have a random list of thoughts I'd like too see what people's opinion would be:
- Weight, if I was to move would you reckon this would be too heavy?
- Weight, would this cause a stability issue?
- Would it be best to put holes along the sides for the shelves, make it "changeable", and also if not fixed in this could reduce weight when moving.
- What would be the best drawer rollers?
- I appreciated this would be based on the rollers but what tolerances would be required with regards to the drawers? (2mm all round to the face + roller thickness to the width?)
- We were thinking about scribing the back allowing for 100mm "legs" to enable us to do this (to overcome the skirting in my living room). Should we "beef up" the legs?
- With regards to fixing it together I was thinking of using a few "MDF-Tite" screws with wood glue throughout. Would this hold or would we need better fixings?
For your information consoles and an HTPC will be going into this so there will be a considerable amount of weight in the cabinet. I am planning not to have anything on top of the unit though.
The dimensions of the cabinet is '936mm Tall' by '1808mm Wide', '600mm Deep'.
Thanks in advance.