This is the basic carcass design of
the modeling center. It is composed of two sides, a back and four fixed
shelves. All parts are designed for 5/8" thick sheet stock. The original
design used a material called Melamine. This is available at any good home
center or plywood supplier. It comes in both one sided and two sided. It
is a particle board material with a white "Formica like" coating on one or
both sides. The original was one sided with a maple veneer applied to the
outside. You can decide on the material to use based on how much you are
willing to spend. The nice thing about the Melamine coating is that it can
be cleaned easily and needs no finish.
I suggest you make a little
jig to drill the holes for the adjustable shelves. You can make this from
a piece of scrap wood, plastic, etc. It would be a series of 4 or 5 rows
of holes spaced according to the drawing. Drill one hole in the sides at
the top insert a short round dowel of the proper size, place the jig on
the dowel, align, clamp, drill the other holes in the jig. Remove the jig,
relocate it further down and locate with two dowels at the top and repeat
until all the holes are frilled. |
