All Tidied Up!

[RayintheUK]

Had a little free time today, so I put together a cabinet for my Triton routers and the main bits, etc. I use with them. Made from offcuts of MDF (left-hand door is two pieces, joined vertically).

My usual design of inset back, with top, bottom and both sides housed (dadoed) around it and rebated (rabbited) to each other. Hung on the wall with a French cleat, which is glued and screwed across the top of the back, immediately under the top. Clip-on hinges - ideal if I ever get round to painting it. Simple, but effective, I think.





Thanks for looking!

Ray.

[bigsteel15]

I hope Triton will pay you a royalty for that.
Looks great Ray.

[RodKirby]

Great stuff, Ray

[cgallery]

Hey wait a sec. It is already full! What happens when they ship a new model?

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[gerti]

A little free time today? Quite productive I'd say! Looks very practical.

[RayintheUK]

Hey wait a sec. It is already full! What happens when they ship a new model?

These two will last me out, I reckon - they're all the routers anyone could need.

Push comes to shove, see the bigger white cabinet to the left ..........

Ray.

[mater]

The cabinet looks good Ray. It is very organized.

[Turaj]

"A little time"? It must be different clocks over there Something like that would take me several days

Real nice work Ray! Very fitting for those routers!

[Ken Weaver]

Good job Ray - everything in a home!

[Pappy]

Great stuff, Ray

You're only saying that because it is MDF, Rod! Nice set up, Ray.

[ryan.s]

Very nice Ray.

When you joined the two pieces for the left door did you have any problems? I never knew edge joining mdf was possible, always thought any edge of mdf was more like end grain than long grain. Did you have to do anything special to achieve this?

[lrogers]

I like your thinking Ray, get a bigger cabinet! Whether hanging in the kitchen or the shop, your cabinets look fine.

[RayintheUK]

When you joined the two pieces for the left door did you have any problems? I never knew edge joining mdf was possible, always thought any edge of mdf was more like end grain than long grain. Did you have to do anything special to achieve this?

Whenever I use off-cuts of MDF, my golden rule is to pass the edges I'm going to join through the sawblade, even if I only take of the merest smell - that way, you're dealing with a nice, fresh edge rather than the "fluffy" edges that can appear over time as moisture is taken up from the air.

So, cut the pieces to size, mark out for #20 biscuits, cut the slots, apply a thin even coat of glue to both edges, insert biscuits, then check the edges AGAIN, topping up if there has been too much soak-up. Into the clamps and the job is done.

The above comments regarding the "fluffy" edges do NOT apply to Medite, or other water-resistant MDF - but I didn't have any off-cuts of that! If you haven't tried it, I'd recommend that you do - it's really such an improvement over working with "ordinary" MDF.

Thanks to all who posted kind comments, BTW - much appreciated!

Ray.

[Wood_workur]

nice work.