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Laminated upright cabinet. [99.9% done]
syph007:
ah... things always take longer than I think. But it's good not to rush I guess. I really wanted to have one side laminated tonight, but I ran out of time. I did get the t-molding slot cut, and I did this outside this time, way less dust to clean up that way. If any of you routed MDF in your house, I assume you regret it?
There were a couple of knot holes I had to fill with wood putty, and I'll have to let these dry before I can sand down and laminate. Hopefully tomorrow. I think it will start to feel like I'm making progress when I start to see the shell come together. Also I still do think it's worth laminating as this way when my shell cab is together, it's done, no painting steps at all. I suck at painting.
Cheers!
GaryMcT:
I wouldn't consider routing MDF in the house!! That would be a huge huge mess.
Ond:
You will spend much, much longer cleaning up all the dust off of every conceivable surface than you did running the router around the wood. Ply is not as bad as MDF when it comes to dust but it's still pretty bad. Work outside and always use a respirator or mask. I use the better quality paper masks mostly, but occasionally i dig out this beast.
works well but it's a pain in the ass to get on and off/keep charged up.
Epyx:
--- Quote ---Now... my first thought was why dont i just laminate the outside surfaces, but then parts of the inside are visible since the body connecting panels are recessed slightly... but really its goign to be hard to laminte like a 3 inch strip all the way around the inner edge... so now it seems like i may as well just laminate both sides fully. What do most do?
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What you really want is a router and flush trim bit like this one:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xr5/R-100660651/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
You glue the laminate on with the overlap...then run the router along the entire edge with the bearing running along your plywood...the laminate will trim literally like you are cutting through butter and you will get a perfect, smooth finish that is completely flush with your side.
syph007:
Yep, I know about the flush trim, I've got one ready to go. I'll try to explain better what I was getting at. If you look at the attachment, you can see where the inside edges of the side panels would be exposed. So my first thought was oh, I just need to cover up those with laminate so you can't tell from the outside that the whole inside piece isnt laminated. But now that seems like a huge pain. So what I was wondering was, do most people just laminate both sides fully as it seems simpler?
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