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Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: aqsmorningview on February 16, 2017, 09:09:20 am

Title: refurbishing a bookcase
Post by: aqsmorningview on February 16, 2017, 09:09:20 am
I was thinking of refurbishing this bookcase http://www.biglots.com/product/bank-alder-3-shelf-bookcase/p810272519?pos=1:5&Ntt=bookshelf (http://www.biglots.com/product/bank-alder-3-shelf-bookcase/p810272519?pos=1:5&Ntt=bookshelf) its roughly the size im wanting to have my controls at and ill turn it around so nobody will see it opened and ill add an on/off switch in the front.then i was gonna stick my computer in it and hang my monitor on the wall.What do you all think?
Title: Re: refurbishing a bookcase
Post by: Mike A on February 16, 2017, 09:32:51 am
It is going to be really ugly and not very sturdy. The back on those things is just glorified cardboard. If you face that outward is is going to look like  :censored:
Title: Re: refurbishing a bookcase
Post by: aqsmorningview on February 16, 2017, 01:14:52 pm
It is going to be really ugly and not very sturdy. The back on those things is just glorified cardboard. If you face that outward is is going to look like  :censored:

well i was thinking of taking the cardboard off and replacing it with actual wood
Title: Re: refurbishing a bookcase
Post by: Mike A on February 16, 2017, 01:26:45 pm
Just build something from scratch then. There is not much to those things. That way you can build it how you like.
Title: Re: refurbishing a bookcase
Post by: yotsuya on February 19, 2017, 02:58:40 pm
No offence, and please don't take this the wrong way (and before anyone flames me for "being mean to n00bs, wah!", let me preemptively say that I don't care), this has to be the stupidest idea I've ever heard.