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    Big glue-up, screw-up, pocket-hole-up approaches?

    I've got a big floor-to-ceiling/wall-to-wall bookcase to piece together in the coming days. I've designed it in 5 sections that can be attached to one another. In practice this means that I've got five 2m x 0.75m caracsses to construct. Relatively straightforward construction, in a normal...
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    Repairing Router Tear Out

    Thanks Pete. I've got some Upol Easy 1 filler which might come in handy. I've decided to trim a few mm off the front face of each shelf (removing the damage). Will see how I get on!
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    Repairing Router Tear Out

    I've just make a school-boy error with my router - thankfully only damage to wood! I had a bunch of MDF shelves lipped with tulip wood. I wanted to even up the ends of the tulip so clamped them all together and with my router on a rail, did a couple of passes to try and bring them all to the...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    (Belated) Thanks siggy! TLDR: Is attempting a seamless join between tulip and MDF a disaster waiting to happen? One of the few upsides of this lockdown is that I've had time to return to this personal project, which to my regret hasn't progressed much since I last posted... By way of an...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    Siggy / Chris - Many thanks. One additional question, which after reading some of the links and FWW articles I'm still not clear on is the relative importance of the torsion box having a grid vs ribs running in only one direction. Does it actually make a difference if it is maintaining the...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    Thanks again for the advice. I looked at my design over the weekend and decided to move from 4 columns of shelves to 5. In effect, this seems to solve much of the concern over sagging. In terms of sagulator, I am now looking at a shelf 700mm long, 33mm deep, which even with just 18mm MDF is in...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    Thanks again for the replies. Profchris: So what do you think about two skins of 6mm birch ply (900mm x 350mm), with 38mm ribs made of MRMDF? Am I right to think the strength comes from placing the ribs width ways i.e. cutting them to 350mm (or perhaps a bit less), then spacing across the...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    It has been remiss of me not to say thanks for the replies on this. Peter, the video was really helpful. Unfortunately I hurt my foot so have been out of action the last few months. But... I hope to get this project squared away during early December. The above has cleared up many of my...
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    Advice on approach to take to this chunky bookcase/dresser.

    Hello, I'm about to embark on a large bookcase project, but it is a step above the basic 18mm MDF with Domino construction I've used in the past. It is putting me well out of my comfort zone, so would really appreciate any advice. I'll probably end up planning a lot of it out in SketchUp, but...
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