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16th February 2020, 09:21 AM #1
Hanging Vanity
Hi WWF,
I am making a couple of Wall hung vanities from Melamine and spotty gum. Much like the one in the pic.
The question I have is in regard to the Melamine box construction. Should the back of this box be a solid sheet of melamine or three strips. And if strips how wide should these be?
Thanks
Damien
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16th February 2020, 09:28 AM #2Taking a break
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You can probably get away with 150mm top and bottom, but I always like to keep backs solid.
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16th February 2020, 11:06 AM #3
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16th February 2020, 11:12 AM #4
Is it stronger to span the back across the two sides and screw from the back, or to recess inside the sides and screw into the back from the sides?
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16th February 2020, 01:08 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Your first option is the strongest.
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16th February 2020, 01:11 PM #6Taking a break
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Definitely screw from the back
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16th February 2020, 07:31 PM #7
well I am hanging too, but vanity stops me from showing.C.... also the moderators
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16th February 2020, 09:38 PM #9Taking a break
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If you screw from the back, you'd have to pull the screw through it's entire length (minus the thickness of the back) to make it fail. Screwing from the side just needs half the thickness of the back to break out.
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17th February 2020, 08:17 AM #10
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17th February 2020, 10:28 PM #11
Now that you have me thinking about the details of the overall strength I am wondering if I am using the right length screws.
Any guidance as to what would be ideal?
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Minimum 50mm
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18th February 2020, 10:35 PM #13
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is it worth doing some sort of french cleat? using the back of the vanity as the cleat?
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