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Good way of attaching side panels without punching holes through them?
Orclord:
--- Quote from: tahnok100 on December 10, 2005, 01:26:45 am ---Well then, the cam-locks sound like a pretty good route. I love the idea of making it so it can be disassembled easily (though originals didn't use cam-locks).
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Just took apart and put back together a Sega System 3 Cab.....
They use Cam Locks......
;)
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on December 09, 2005, 05:23:02 pm ---A concrete casting of yer intestines is useful in exactly what way to us?
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One DOES have to wonder how you knew what that picture was. I never mentioned it.
Sorry for continuing to derail thread, guys.
Back OT.
Going to Home Despot to help a friend pick up the prerequisite sheets of MDF. His wife wanted me to build him a cabinet like mine, I talked her into just buying all the fiddly bits like controls, t-molding, and an ipac, and letting him build it.
Going to try the 'screw into the MDF from the backside' technique. I guess the glue is mandatory in this application, because I'm assuming a screw sunk 5/8" into MDF isn't going to hold at all???
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 10, 2005, 09:02:33 am ---
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on December 09, 2005, 05:23:02 pm ---A concrete casting of yer intestines is useful in exactly what way to us?
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One DOES have to wonder how you knew what that picture was. I never mentioned it.
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I come across the same wierd sites you do. ;D
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Going to try the 'screw into the MDF from the backside' technique. I guess the glue is mandatory in this application, because I'm assuming a screw sunk 5/8" into MDF isn't going to hold at all???
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You need to use Confirmat screws if you're gonna do it like that. MDF doesn't like regular drywall screws, and will, over time, show just how much they detest them if you use them to screw into MDF. If you're screwing through MDF into a piece of wood and NOT the other way around, you won't have the same problems.
quarterback:
What about threaded inserts?
Do they make any that will hold in MDF? It seems like you could put them into each of your panels (near the edges) you could then bolt L-brackets in each corner (or even wood blocks) and have the convenience of a cam-lock system without the potential problems of the cam-lock system (problems like: lining up all the holes correctly, hoping the 5 threads on the posts will hold in your MDF etc)
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