Building Closet Shelves With Melamine

By far and large the best tool for getting pin holes for adjustable shelving is to use a pin hole jig.

Building closet shelves with melamine.

I always use my kreg shelf pin jig however for melamine i switch over to a 1 4 brad tip bit and use the collar that came with the jig to set my depth. W x 82 25 in. Prime paint already had. 13 74 1 x6 ripped in half qty 2 1 49 1 x4 side shelves afterthought 10 88 white melamine edge banding 25ft qty 2 0 79 l bracket.

Ugh can you even imagine. We notched it so that 3 4 of it s thickness was uncut because we planned to finish off the shelves with a 1 x 3 on the front. Building cabinets and shelving units from double sided melamine sheets are perfect for many home renos and diy projects and in this episode i am showing one. Fyi the 19 melamine boards also come with shelf holes predrilled for a cost of 27.

One board can make two 48 side panels. If the idea of taking two pieces of wood screwing them together and create something useful might seem just a little bit like an impossible dream. And for a small fraction of what we would have paid for custom closet shelving units. This would give us the finished look we were after.

Prevent chip out by taping where you will cut the melamine shelving. Building closet shelves if you are wondering how to build a shelf quickly easily and inexpensively read on. To make a center support between the two shelves notch out a 2 x 2 x 8 so that each shelf will rest on the notch. Whether you re working on cabinets or building a melamine closet system you will need to have adjustable shelves.

If i bought a set of premade closet panels of the same length it would cost around 55 give or take a dollar for brand choice. Build your own melamine closet organizer. That s a significant difference just to get a brand name and a few holes. Here s our cost breakdown.

Walk through the closet aisle at any home center and you ll see lots of closet organizers everything from wire shelving systems to ones that look like real wood cabinetry with all kinds of fancy accessories. Building closet shelves with melamine. H coastal teak wood floor mount 6 shelf closet kit with hang rods model 3269 view the closetmaid style series. D x 17 in.

Closetmaid style 14 in. 29 99 4 x8 sheet of melamine. You can cut melamine sheets with a circular saw and.