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Where to get 1 inch plywood for Cocktail cab?
VinceVega:
That sounds perfect. If that's a common solution then that's what I will do. It just didn't seem right to glue two 1/2" pieces together and then try to cut a groove right at the seam.
Jack Burton:
I have read on the AVS forums before that 5/4" floor paneling is actually 1" thick finished. They say you can buy 5/4" finished pine sheets at Home Depot.
Of course, you could always just get some MDF thicker than 1" and have it planed down to 1" by a wood shop. Might be a little costlier, but it's probably the most accurate solution.
mvsfan:
you could use 5/8 plywood and put some 3/8 plexiglass on top. mask it off and paint the back edges around your monitor black.
One of the things that i had decided when i built my cabinet was that i didnt want a dull, wood control panel.
So i used 1/2" plywood for the base, painted the back of a 1/4 sheet of plexiglass black, glued it to the wood cp, and then to finish it all off, with 3/4 T molding.
also to know, is that i destroyed my first control panel overlay and had to start over because another thing i didnt want was any kind of hardware (bolts) on the top of the control panel.
when you mount your joysticks, Use the shortest screws possible, and make sure that they dont even so much as touch the plexiglass top or it will crack a nice big X into it.
also, youve got to drill your holes from the plexiglass side first and make sure its backed by the wood, or it will also crack every time.
and since your actual painted surface is underneath the plexiglass, it will never scratch off. this is needed with the abuse a cp or in your case, a top to a cocktail will take.
other than that, everything was fine.
VinceVega:
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on March 14, 2010, 05:41:20 pm ---I have read on the AVS forums before that 5/4" floor paneling is actually 1" thick finished. They say you can buy 5/4" finished pine sheets at Home Depot.
Of course, you could always just get some MDF thicker than 1" and have it planed down to 1" by a wood shop. Might be a little costlier, but it's probably the most accurate solution.
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I had read about 5/4" paneling. But at Home Depot the widest panels were about 18", not wide enough for a cocktail top. I never saw MDF thicker than 3/4".
If I decide to go the 3/4" + 1/4" route with wood glue, should I cut them to shape then attach, or attach then cut for accuracy? I just want to do what's easiest - whatever others have done who have built the same type of cabinet.
bkenobi:
Just to comment on your question of gluing then routing at the seam... Glue is actually stronger than the wood itself when furniture is built correctly. Once dry, there is no reason you can't route a path anywhere on the edge since the wood shouldn't split/separate at the glue line.
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