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Need some outside the box thinking... joining wood at right angle
vaderag:
I'm in the process of building my control panel and I've hit a bit of a conundrum...
I have the bottom three sides built and connected and the top panel ready to connect.... (see pic)
The control panel box is going to have a Vinyl wrap the whole way around (well, 80% of the way around, I'm not worried about the back)
Now, I have a few issues at this stage:
1) I can get all the pieces through the holes I have there, but it's tight, and I'm not convinced I'll get enough torque to actually do up screws etc with the box fully constructed, so I'd like to prime, apply part of the vinyl and then connect up the controls prior to connecting the top piece
2) However, I want to sand and prime as one to make sure my contours are smooth
Obviously, you can't really screw and unscrew MDF, so while I have the brackets to connect it (in pic) and can make all the connection stages work by carefully selecting which of those is pre connected to ensure screwdriver can fit in the others, I'm thinking I need some other way of connecting that can be undone and re-done at will. And this is where I'm stumped.
TL;DR - is there some kind of fixing mechanism that works on right angled (or near right angled) pieces of wood that I may not know of or may not know what to google?!
I feel there must be something as I'm sure I've put together ikea units etc with parts that might solve this purpose, but my mind is blank and I can't imagine what I'd need to search for them!
Thanks in advance :)
Titchgamer:
Sorry I dont really understand what your problem is?
But the best way to joint MDF is to use wooden batterns to reinforce the corners and screw straight through the MDF into the battern.
If you plan on removing a piece frequently drill a larger hole through the MDF first which will help prevent the board splitting.
vaderag:
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on October 06, 2017, 05:30:35 am ---Sorry I dont really understand what your problem is?
But the best way to joint MDF is to use wooden batterns to reinforce the corners and screw straight through the MDF into the battern.
If you plan on removing a piece frequently drill a larger hole through the MDF first which will help prevent the board splitting.
--- End quote ---
Yes, that works fine and I have done that in 90% of places. It won't work here though as a) I need to fill over the screw holes prior to priming and smoothing, meaning it wouldnt be able to be removed. Fixing needs to be internal (hence the brackets I have there) and b) you can't screw and re-screw MDF- so that doesnt work
As I mentioned above - I want to connect it all up to sand, smooth and prime in prep for the vinyl, but then remove prior to finalising to install all the controls.
It won't be removed frequently - the holes should be sufficient for maintainence, but I don't fancy completing the whole setup through the limited access
Titchgamer:
You can still do it with battern.
Screw through the CP in to the battern, fill, sand, prep etc then screw from the outside side panel to fix in place.
Then obv fill and sand the side.
vaderag:
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on October 06, 2017, 06:18:31 am ---You can still do it with battern.
Screw through the CP in to the battern, fill, sand, prep etc then screw from the outside side panel to fix in place.
Then obv fill and sand the side.
--- End quote ---
So, if i'm understanding you, you're saying to put battens like in the pic attached, then screw through (in the corners) from the outer pieces to hold in place?
I thought of this option, but there isn't then any direct connection between the top panel and the front panel, so thinking that will allow movement and slight separating in the middle...?
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