Re: Stereo closet/cabinet advice


"dnoyeB" <Fake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ahh, great info thanks. So the MDF is 'done' on both sides? When I put
> the shelves in, ill have to cut them down to size. So what to do with
> the cut surfaces?
>
> The front facing cut of the box im not worried aobut since Ill be
> trimming it out with some kind of painted trim i suppose, as well as a
> glass door.
>
> So I can do *** joints with screws and no glue?

No. MDF will not fasten securely with screws in *** joints. It's a
compressed material and it has little ability to hold to a screw thread. In
fact, it is quite likely to swell around the screw as you drive it in.
Unless you support the shelves somehow underneath them, the weight of stero
gear is likely to bow the shelf. I used a piece of 3/4 MDF to make an
extension on my table saw. It was 27" deep and around 2 feet long. It was
set into a cherry frame, rabbited to receive it. I hung a DeWalt 618 router
underneath it in a router insert. A year later the weight of the router
sagged the MDF.

I don't believe my router is any heavier than the typical stereo receiver,
though it is a more concentrated weight than a receiver would present. I
don't know if you're thinking of 3/4" MDF or 1/2", but I wouldn't use
either. The stuff is nothing more than termite puke and dust pressed under
pressure. If you're looking to build something nice, go get some nice
plywood and use that. You'll end up using the same techniques to build it,
but you'll have something that won't rack apart when it gets bumped or
moved, and it will last a lifetime.

Just my opinion, but I find MDF to be a completely useless product.

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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxx



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