This Article May Have You Re-Thinking About MDF

[Mike Shields]

I'm building garage cabinets using MDF, and in my research, I found this amazing article.

I'll say this, there is some incredible work being done with MDF. A square garage cabinet looks to be at the lowest end of possibilities.

Read for yourself:

http://www.spanogroup.be/upload/docs/MDF-manual%20ENG%20LOW%20RES.pdf

Mike

[Julian Tracy]

Thanks for that - great information, especially the special Spax screws.

Here's an arch I just built out of MDF:
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Great stuff for paint grade work.

Julian

[G Douglas Fowler]

Good reference material. I saved the PDF to my library.

[Paul Wunder]

Thanks. I downloaded the article for reference

[Chris Padilla]

MDF is fantastic for veneering to as it is flat, stable, and cheap. I made a tansu out of it with shop-cut 1/16" walnut veneers:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?92396-Tansu

[Mike Shields]

The entire article is so interesting, I'll read it when I have nothing else to do. Makes me wish I had a CNC or laser cutter.

The two things I found very useful for the project I'm currently working on:

1. detailed information on screw types and the pilot holes. My local borg did't have the correct size Spax, so i was able to use what I had on hand. (para 6.1)
2. painting (para 7)

Whoever would have thought that MDF could be powder coated? (para 7.2)

The examples, pgs 52-74, lead me to believe that MDF is more versatile than any other manufactured material.

Mike