Oh, I'll have to check that possibility out. If there are pre-fitted caps that just go on the edges, taht would be even better than the urethane. Then no uncapped pens will wind up escaping from me when I'm trying to jot down a phone message for my wife. :)
Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: John Schwery To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Anybody have experience w/this grade plywood? I believe that from the same place you got the counter top, they have caps that go over the ends of the counter. earlier, Chanting Monks, wrote: >Thanks, Dale, much appreciated. I was surprised at the price myself. >I was actually thinking about using a good door for my desktop, but >the kitchen countertop was only $60 for a 6 foot wide surface, which >should fit perfectly into the room I use for my office. I'll >probably wind up keeping the bases very simple, w/out dados or >biscuits, but just got a new drill guide for predrilling all my >holes and my dowel holes for supporting the shelves (I prefer dowels >to those little stereo cabinet shelf pins they sell). I'm slightly >concerned about having to use my hole saw through the rear of the >countertop, though. I don't want to shred the formica edges and rip >up the particle board. I've drilled formica and similar before, >using masking tape over the spot to be drilled, but usually with >much smaller holes (half inch). To have enough room to squirrel my >cords through, I need a good two inch diameter hole unless I come up >with another option. I hate having a zillion wires hanging everywhere. > >One other question for anybody--the top and front of the countertop >is a thin formica. The sides, since this is designed to go into a >kitchen and butt up against two other countertops, is exposed >particleboard. Any thoughts about some sort of finish that would >keep those edges from getting ragged? There is a spray plastic that >the guy at Home Depot suggested, but he had never used it before, >and I'm wary of using anything liquid on the particle board. Any suggestions? > >Best, >Joe Monks > >Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... > >Chanting Monks Press ><http://www.chantingmonks.com>http://www.chantingmonks.com > >Sight Unseen Pictures ><http://www.sightunseenpictures.com>http://www.sightunseenpictures.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dale Leavens >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:07 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Anybody have experience w/this grade plywood? > >3/4 cabinet grade plywood is about ideal for the job. It doesn't >hold screws into the edge wonderfully well but there isn't a plywood >that does and if you pre-drill so the screw doesn't split the plies >apart and the really anal would and all of us should dip the screws >in wood glue, they will hold really well. If you have the equipment >to cut dados for shelves and form rabbets for corner joints or can >instal biscuits or use some of those very fancy "knock-down" >hardware fasteners so much the better. > >I have made a lot of desks and shelves with 3/4ths plywood and >little of it as good as cabinet grade. The price sounds really good >too compared with what they make me pay and they manufacture the >stuff not 2,000 yards from my front door. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Chanting Monks >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:55 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Anybody have experience w/this grade plywood? > >Hi folks, > >I'm making myself a new desk, using a kitchen countertop that I came >across at Home Depot that seems pretty sturdy (formica covering >particleboard). I want to use for my hutch and cabinet bases a 3/4 >inch cabinet grade plywood. Home Depot has it for $25.88 per 4 foot >by 8 foot sheet, and it feels pretty good, finished both sides, and >two sheets would give me ample wood for both the hutch and right and >left base. Anybody use this kind of wood before? I'm not planning on >putting in drawers or doors to close it in, all I really need is to >box it for two shelves for each base. Can't imagine the shelves >bearing any more than ten, maybe twelve pounds, tops. Looks are not >a concern. heck, if I could have found a green countertop with >yellow polka dots and pink plaid swirls that would save me another >ten bucks, I'd go for it. :) > >TIA, >Joe > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: >6/26/2007 11:54 PM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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