MDFluff filing cabinet, Finished well just about

[mailee]

Been busy in the workshop building a filing cabinet for SWMBO. It is again made mostly out of MRMDF and will be that ghastly silver grey colour again.

It will be a little different to a standard filing cabinet though as it will also house our CD player and CD collection.

It will eventually have double glass doors on the top section although I am still working on the trays for the CD's. I guess it will have stainless handles on it this time. :roll:

 

[RobertMP]

Have to ask... why is the face on the middle drawer covering access to stuff in the bottom drawer?

 

[Mattty]

Looks good Mailee, your the new MDF king.

Have to ask... why is the face on the middle drawer covering access to stuff in the bottom drawer?

I assume this is an open bottom drawer for suspension files that hang on the drawer sides.

 

[BradNaylor]

Looks good Mailee, your the new MDF king.

I've not relinquished my crown just yet...


...wait til you see what Karl and I have been up to for the last week. :wink:

 

[Benchwayze]

Brad....

I've only ever used MDF for Carcasses. So is MDF suitable material to use for door frames, using one of those frame and panel router sets, or do you recommend solid wood.

(This is just for some quick, one-day-made cupboards for underneath a worktop in the workshop.)


Cheers.
John

 

[jhwbigley]

Looks good Mailee, your the new MDF king.

I've not relinquished my crown just yet...


...wait til you see what Karl and I have been up to for the last week. :wink:

:-k

BradNaylor soo 2009

 

[RobertMP]

Have to ask... why is the face on the middle drawer covering access to stuff in the bottom drawer?

I assume this is an open bottom drawer for suspension files that hang on the drawer sides.

I could have worded that better ... why the shallow middle drawer with lost space under it?

 

[jlawrence]

I think you'll find it's not shallow. I'd bet it's as suggested - for hanging files in. The sides don't need to be full depth as they're only there to support the slides and to hang the files from - there is no bottom to that drawer as it's not required.

 

[Doctor]

...wait til you see what Karl and I have been up to for the last week. :wink:

errr, no thanks, was there touching?

 

[jhwbigley]

...wait til you see what Karl and I have been up to for the last week. :wink:

errr, no thanks, was there touching?

:shock:

 

[RobertMP]

I think you'll find it's not shallow. I'd bet it's as suggested - for hanging files in. The sides don't need to be full depth as they're only there to support the slides and to hang the files from - there is no bottom to that drawer as it's not required.

Makes sense then

never seen a filing drawer without a bottom to it before.

 

[jedmc571]

...wait til you see what Karl and I have been up to for the last week. :wink:

"UNCLEAN" :lol:

 

[mailee]

Yes guys you are correct, it is for suspending files in. Once finished it will have rails in the drawer tops to support the files that will hang below the sides. I don't think I am worthy of wearing Brad's crown yet I am sorry to say but like him I have no qualms of using MDF for furniture especially if it is being painted or it is veneered. Been busy today applying sanding sealer to the parts so I can get them painted before assembling them. I still have to build the doors and the CD racks yet and I will have to buy some more wood as looking into my hardwood pile revealed that the weather had got at it and most of the wood is bu**ered. Will keep you posted as and when. :wink:

 

[George_N]

Brad....

I've only ever used MDF for Carcasses. So is MDF suitable material to use for door frames, using one of those frame and panel router sets, or do you recommend solid wood.

(This is just for some quick, one-day-made cupboards for underneath a worktop in the workshop.)


Cheers.
John

I've made frame and panel doors and drawer fronts for my kitchen out of 18 mm MDF with 6 mm MDF panels. The frames are connected with 6 mm loose tenons so they are very easy to make...just rout a groove on the inside edges of the stiles and on the inside edge and ends of the rails. I also made some raised panel doors for some bedroom cabinets, 18 mm MDF throughout. I used Axminster "Perform" vertical panel raising bit and a reversible "cope and stick" bit for the frame. I even used regular "buff" MDF and it machined well and I got a great finish. The doors have all proven to be pretty robust with no failures over the 2 years or so since I made them. Even if yours are only for the workshop be sure to put some kind of finish on them...even MR-MDF can absorb some moisture and swell a bit over time.

 

[Benchwayze]

Thank you for that George. It's appreciated.

I'll keep your post in my diary/ideas book.

Thanks again.
Regards
John

 

[George_N]

John,
by coincidence JasonB just posted this thread on cabinet construction and has some good photos of loose tenon frame and panel door construction...it really is as easy as it looks.

 

[Benchwayze]

Thanks again George.

I'll keep all this in mind.
Regards
John

 

[mailee]

I finally got the cabinet painted at long last. I also got the top section assembled.

I still have a back to put in it and the rails for the files,

not to mention the glass for the doors.

I will have to blow out the runners as they got a bit of dust in them and are a little tight.

 

[mailee]

I finally finished the cabinet at long last after all the problems with it! I still have the CD and DVD inserts to finish but it is in place at last.

We got the Cd player installed in it.

And filled it full of our files. I will have to buy some more file sleeves this weekend as we now have more room in this one.

Now on to the next job which is a vanity unit for the bathroom! No rest for the wicked. :roll: