Ryan Myers
03-27-2007, 8:51 PM
I have been commissioned to build some melamine shelving for the wife's work. I just finished ripping 14 sheets of melamine on my cabinet saw and can see why a slider would be great to have. Now my back is killing me.
The units are varying in length(5' - 7-1/2') but are approximately 76" inches tall, 12" deep with no back and shelves every 12". In addition to the end uprights I am placing 3" wide uprights front & back, so that there is no more than 30" unsupported shelf. I plan on using 3 dowel pins at every end joint plus a couple of screws maybe with washer heads. At the 3" uprights will just be two dowel pins with no screws. I originally was thinking of confirmat screws but I can't find them locally and I need to get these shelves assembled tommorrow. This is the largest project I have ever done with melamine/pb. I am having doubts about the joinery just because I know how temperamental PB is when it comes to screws. Does this seem sufficient?
The units are varying in length(5' - 7-1/2') but are approximately 76" inches tall, 12" deep with no back and shelves every 12". In addition to the end uprights I am placing 3" wide uprights front & back, so that there is no more than 30" unsupported shelf. I plan on using 3 dowel pins at every end joint plus a couple of screws maybe with washer heads. At the 3" uprights will just be two dowel pins with no screws. I originally was thinking of confirmat screws but I can't find them locally and I need to get these shelves assembled tommorrow. This is the largest project I have ever done with melamine/pb. I am having doubts about the joinery just because I know how temperamental PB is when it comes to screws. Does this seem sufficient?