Hanging Wall Cabinets for Study

[eddomak]

I am a DIY'er and built the following for a small study for my in-laws. I got back into building furniture since November last year, so at the moment it is mainly sheet goods, and trying to put some of the techniques I have been seeing into practice. Loving Festool (of course!).

Construction:
Cabinet Carcasses - White Melamine particleboard, dominoes, pocket holes, and french cleats, drilled for shelf pins
Doors and outsides - Laminex (in alabaster colour), soft close hinges, 1mm gap all round
Hanging method: French cleats secured by blue anchor screws, then all carcasses joined

Tools used:
- TS55 & MFT for breaking down sheets & shelving, with some stop blocks for consistency & repeatability, bevel cut at 45% for french cleats
- Domino 500 for joinery = excellent alignment & strength, and Kreg Pocket Hole Jig = no clamping, and more strength
- Kreg Shelf Pin Hole Jig - 200 perfectly positioned and drilled holes in approximately 20 minutes
- Makita 10.8V drill = excellent for small jobs, Makita 10.8V impact driver = great for securing cleats to walls, Bosch 240V hammer drill for wall anchors

On a side note... the study desk below the cabinets was once "L" shaped with a curve, but the TS55 plus guide rail made is simple to cut it off whilst still in the room with no dust! That impressed the in-laws no end. Both parts were then professionally edgebanded. You can see the cut-off in some of the photos to the right of the desk.

Carcass with french cleat:
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Attachment to wall
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Load Testing  ;D
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Adjustable Shelving (ignore my blood in the lower left corner)
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Final Product
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[NHSP759]

Nice job! Love the break down of tool usage. Obviously can support the wight of three kids which is a universal measurement of strength

 

[eddomak]

Nice job! Love the break down of tool usage. Obviously can support the weight of three kids which is a universal measurement of strength

Thanks for the compliment! With the load testing I was genuinely a bit concerned with this because the main usage was to store books, CD's, and files, and probably packed quite tight. So with each carcass I tested both the top and base joints with my own 65kgs before installation (not even a creak!), tested each cleat with some chin-ups (supposedly 3 x 90kg anchors each), tested it again each time the carcass was installed (more chin ups holding onto the lowers and uppers), and finally for a bit of fun the kids wanted to climb in.

 

[NHSP759]

Well it worked! That's a solid cleat by God!

 

[Sparktrician]

That's a good way to store the little terrorists, it is!!! 

[big grin]

 

[eddomak]

A quick update, I finished the storage boxes for holding CD's and speaker shelves a couple of months ago, but forgot to post the photo.

The boxes are 200mm, 300mm, and 400mm, and they all hang from a French cleat, along with the speaker shelves. This allows them to be rearranged in any order to allow more or less distance between speakers, depending on the size of TV (not yet purchased at the time) mounted on the wall, and allows for upgrades in screen size in the future etc.