Thread: storage cabinet help

Originally Posted by untamed

This also need to be light proof, as it will be designed as a horticultural cabinet to grow hydroponic tomatos in.

Yeah, yeah, we believe you.

That one looks like it's built from 19mm ply. You could use ply or MDF, but straight butt joints are not terribly strong, even when you have screws strengthening them. You'd probably be better making up simple pine frames, gluing them together and skinning them with thinner ply. The purists mightn't like it, but it's not going to sit in the lounge room, is it?

The frames can be simple lap joints at the corners and also should have some bracing, but the skin can be stapled and glued, and will provide most of the rigidity. (Saw a big stapler for $10 at the local $2 shop)

You will need some tools, eg hammer, saw, screwdriver, mallet & chisel, but that should be about it. If it doesn't have to be exactly those sizes, bear in mind that ply usually comes in 2400 x 1200 sheets, so you may be able to re-size and minimise cutting. Since there will be water around, you should give it a few coats of paint or varnish inside and out, and provide a drain hole just in case water spills.

There are probably a lot of other ways of doing it - that's just one fairly simple one.

Buy a flat pak from Bunnings and all you need is a cordless screw driver.

What about checking out the secondhand shops/ garage sales/ junkyards for something roughly the dimensions you need, and altering it to fit?

You gotta hide that stuff in a cabinet over there too

Originally Posted by mrblue

You gotta hide that stuff in a cabinet over there too

what stuff?

anyway, thanks for all the comments. I will see if I can make somethign up in the next few weeks and will post pics.