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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >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>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >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. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: 6/26/2007 11:54 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
