Hi folks
I'm going to start building a 1600mm long buffet in the coming weeks, but am having difficulty sourcing the laminated wood sheet for the base of the cabinet in the dimension I want. So, in order to give me plenty to work with, I'm considering joining two pieces along their length and cutting off what I don't need.
I can only get 405mm wide, and I need 450mm wide in the pre-laminated sheets I want to use for this. The manufacturer won't make a custom sheet. Both boards would be 18mm thick.
Given I have limited tools and (at this stage) experience, I was thinking to join them by cutting a rabbet along the edge of both boards and gluing them together. Then, because there will be supports in the middle of the underside, making the join about halfway across the width and cutting the sides off to make my 450mm wide baseboard. This seemed a simple solution to me, and as the laminated sheets have proven very stable, I don't anticipate movement to give me any real grief.
This to me seemed a better option than having the possibility of the boards just side by side, as they would have a tendency to shift independently. I have no biscuit joiner, or dowel alignment jig, so have no confidence in going down that track (and they're not in the budget). I also have no tongue & groove bits for the router. Strapping them underneath by putting small bracing strips doesn't meet with approval from my client (wife).
I'm just posting this as a curiousity, wondering how you might suggest other methods that may be achievable given my sparse fit-out of equipment. If you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them so I can learn other possibilities. I've tried to give it some thought, but I'm all for learning other methods.
Thank you in advance.
I'm going to start building a 1600mm long buffet in the coming weeks, but am having difficulty sourcing the laminated wood sheet for the base of the cabinet in the dimension I want. So, in order to give me plenty to work with, I'm considering joining two pieces along their length and cutting off what I don't need.
I can only get 405mm wide, and I need 450mm wide in the pre-laminated sheets I want to use for this. The manufacturer won't make a custom sheet. Both boards would be 18mm thick.
Given I have limited tools and (at this stage) experience, I was thinking to join them by cutting a rabbet along the edge of both boards and gluing them together. Then, because there will be supports in the middle of the underside, making the join about halfway across the width and cutting the sides off to make my 450mm wide baseboard. This seemed a simple solution to me, and as the laminated sheets have proven very stable, I don't anticipate movement to give me any real grief.
This to me seemed a better option than having the possibility of the boards just side by side, as they would have a tendency to shift independently. I have no biscuit joiner, or dowel alignment jig, so have no confidence in going down that track (and they're not in the budget). I also have no tongue & groove bits for the router. Strapping them underneath by putting small bracing strips doesn't meet with approval from my client (wife).
I'm just posting this as a curiousity, wondering how you might suggest other methods that may be achievable given my sparse fit-out of equipment. If you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them so I can learn other possibilities. I've tried to give it some thought, but I'm all for learning other methods.
Thank you in advance.