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11th April 2007, 06:51 AM #1
Hanging cabinets--French cleat, or?
G'day you lot. Now that I Dominoed up the carcase for my laundry room cabinet, I need to decide how to hang it. I am thinking of a French cleat, in which I would take a 4 X 2 and rip it at 45 degrees--attach half to the carcase and half to the wall. But . . . what say you all? Is this a good way for an interior house cabinet or only suitable for shop cabinets? What about a back on the carcase? If I use a strip of wood at the top to screw through to the noggins I can put a full back on, but not if using a cleat, because I would recess the cleat so the cabinet did not stand proud of the wall.
All input and even lashings accepted.Cheers,
Bob
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11th April 2007, 09:58 AM #2
.... or use the French cleat idea and put a filler strip at the bottom of the cupboard to hide that space....
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11th April 2007, 10:02 AM #3
30 degrees is the go. Just set your back in with a rabbet. The cleat only needs to be 3/4".
I like the idea of cleats for long runs but I'm not sure if it's worth it for a single cabinet, unless you want to it to be removable.
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11th April 2007, 10:40 AM #4
HB,
unless you want the cabinet to be removeable or it's not wide enough to span two studs I'd just fix it direct to the studs. Actually, depending on how much weight it would carry, even one stud would be enough in a pinch, just put lots of screws in.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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11th April 2007, 12:19 PM #5
That's true Mick, but the cleat is just so .... elegant. Makes you feel like a craftsman.
Tex
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11th April 2007, 12:23 PM #6
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