Many, in order to save the budget, wondered how to make a plywood cabinet with their own hands?It is worth noting that the process of its manufacture is quite simple, making a cabinet of any size is possible not only professional masterbut also for a beginner. However, before you start making a plywood cabinet with your own hands, you should know some of the features of the main material (glued veneer), which must be taken into account when working.

Features of plywood

In order for a do-it-yourself plywood sliding wardrobe to serve for a long time, some features should be taken into account when making it:

1. The cutting method depends on the thickness of the glued veneer sheet. A sheet 2 mm thick is cut with a knife. If the thickness is 2-6 mm, an electric jigsaw is used, if more than 6 mm, then a circular saw is used.
2. Shallow cuts should be made parallel to the cutting line. This is to prevent the plywood from cracking when cutting across the grain.
3. If the glued veneer is delaminated, its layers are glued together.
4. In order to connect the sheets with screws and nails, you must first make holes for them (fasteners). Otherwise, the material will crack.
5. Before gluing, the surface must be processed (cleaned and sanded).
6. If the plywood sheet needs to be given a curved shape, then for this it must be moistened in water and left bent for twelve hours.

Preliminary work or where to start

Preliminary work:

1. The choice of material. If they are going to exploit plywood structure outdoors or indoors with high humidity, then choose moisture resistant plywood... The appearance of the future product also largely depends on the variety.
2. DIY plywood wardrobe drawings. You can create a project on individual sizes, but you can choose from the options already available. You should also decide on the number of boxes and shelves. When designing, you should also think about the frame connection (tongue / groove).
3. Decide on the fasteners. These can be screws, nails, minifixes, or glue. You should also think about accessories: hinges, handles, and so on.

What you need to work

In order to make a plywood cabinet yourself you will need:

• jigsaw, knife and saw;
• electric drill with a set of drills;
• hammer, file, pliers, screwdriver;
• a wrench for furniture bolts and a screwdriver;
• square, tape measure, compasses (all this will be needed to create drawings);
• plane, chisel and chisels.

Editing and cutting material are important points

Particular attention should be paid not only to the design, but also to the cutting of plywood. When sawing, make sure that the cut is even. Otherwise, you will have to spend money on a film for pasting, and this is useless.

The ends are pasted over with PVC edges... You can apply it manually or using a special machine.

How to draw up drawings

Sketching plays an important role in the creation of any design, including the cabinet.

Process:

1. First you need to decide on the size of the structure. To do this, use a tape measure to determine the height, width and depth of the niche.
2. The resulting dimensions are transferred to a sheet of paper. You should get a parallelepiped.
3. Then you should decide on the size of the shelves.
4. As for the depth, the best option would be 0.6 m. If the width of the shelves exceeds 0.6 m, then in this case they will need to be additionally strengthened.
5. Next, you should decide on the size of the section. The best option 0.8-0.9 m. As for the number of doors and sections, they should also be carefully selected. Otherwise, it may turn out that the middle shelves will not be accessible to the full width.

DIY plywood cabinet making process

The process includes the following steps:

• After the drawings are drawn up, two sides of the product are cut out, which will be the basis of the entire structure. To do this, use a saw.
• Then, in accordance with the drawings, the shelves are cut out. Their height depends on what will be on them (clothes, books or something else).

Important! If the sheet thickness is less than 16 mm, then the shelves will need to be attached using metal corners. If the thickness is more than 16 mm, then grooves can be dispensed with. The size of the groove depends on the thickness of the plywood.

• The groove is made for the entire width of the structure.

• Collect the crate. First, attach the lower and upper bases to the sidewalls. If you are going to further disassemble the cabinet, then furniture bolts should be used as fasteners. If you are not going to transport the product, then you can connect the elements with the help of finishing nails.
• Then attach back wall (Fiberboard). It should be fixed in the same way as the bases were connected to the sidewalls.
• All holes for fasteners must be made in advance with a drill.
• After assembly, the product can be painted in any color you like. You can also use any lining as a decoration. Decorative plugs are put on the bolt heads.
• Most often, the structure is varnished. However, you can also use paint that will emphasize the structure of the wood. Before painting, the product is stained and sanded. This is necessary to get rid of dust. Then the surface is treated with linseed oil and polished again. And only then can paint / varnish be applied.

Additional elements or how to improve the closet

For added convenience, sliding doors can be fitted with castor legs. In order to do this, the doors should be attached below and above. metallic profileon which the wheels will move.

Important! Sliding doors are convenient only if the cabinet is wide and large.

Should you make your own wardrobe from plywood?

Despite the fact that the manufacturing process of such a structure is complex and time-consuming, as a result, it is mono to obtain a cabinet that will ideally fit into the size of the room.

If you are going to save on buying a cabinet and you have free time, then in this case it will be profitable solution... However, if you do not have the skills to assemble furniture, then the work should be entrusted to professionals.

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Plywood cabinet: DIY manufacturing features

Is it difficult to make a bookcase, linen cabinet or tool cabinet out of plywood? How to choose the material for its creation? How to cut and process plywood when building a cabinet? Today I will try to answer these and some other questions.

Why plywood

And in fact, why did we choose plywood as the material for the cabinet?

Here are the motives that made me stop at this material:

• With a thickness of 15 mm or more, it has mechanical strength, surpassing wood of the same thickness and not leaving the slightest chance for the more popular chipboard and MDF;
• Plywood parts with a thickness of 15 mm or more can be joined with self-tapping screws, without furniture corners. In this case, holes for self-tapping screws are drilled in the plane of one part and in the edge of another. Both MDF and chipboard are connected only with fittings, and the strength of the connection is noticeably inferior to that in the case of plywood;
• The material is moderately hygroscopic. The appearance and strength of plywood suffers only with prolonged contact with water, and this problem is easily solved by using waterproof finishing coatings. Coatings (waterproofing paints, waterproof varnishes) adhere extremely reliably to the top layer of veneer and, unlike laminated chipboard and MDF films, do not peel off;
• Speaking of coatings: plywood is fully compatible with modern varnishes and paints, both organic and water-based;

• Finally, the price of the material played an important role in my choice. Square meter FC plywood 15 mm thick costs about 400 rubles. Only laminated chipboard (from 300 r / m2) is noticeably cheaper, losing to FK in strength and moisture resistance.

Nuance: plywood, even with a significant thickness, is capable of deforming under bending load. With a span of over 60 centimeters, plywood shelves need intermediate struts or stiffeners.

Material selection

The best choice for plywood homemade furniture there will be material of grade E ("elite"), different complete absence defects on the edges and face of veneer. It can be used without filling or any additional treatment (except for polishing under varnish or impregnation).

Alas, the material of this grade is not for sale in my city, so I had to use 3/4 grade construction plywood. Poor surface quality automatically means the need to fill in defects and paint or textured film as a final finish.

On sale you can find plywood FC and FSF. The first is made mainly of birch veneer and glued together with completely harmless urea resin. The second is characterized by increased moisture resistance due to the use of resinous wood conifers and phenol-formaldehyde resin.

Captain Evidence suggests: FSF will make a wonderful wardrobe for a balcony, but in a living room it is better to beware of using material with a sufficiently high formaldehyde emission.

When purchasing, you should pay attention to several external signs:

• No delamination at the edges;
• No knots falling out on at least one (front) surface of the sheet;

• Veneer texture appearance. The more impressively it is drawn, the better your closet will look. Of course, provided that a transparent coating is used.

Basic dimensions

Making homemade furniture begins with drawing up a diagram or drawing. To do this, you need to decide on the main dimensions of the cabinet. Some recommendations for their selection can be found in the text of GOST 13025.1-85.

• The depth of the cabinet for storing hats should not be less than 24 cm;
• The depth of the wardrobe must be at least 56 cm;
• The top shelf of the cabinet cannot rise above the floor by more than 190 cm, and the bar for hangers - by more than 140 cm;

• Compartments for bed linen must be at least 46x40 cm in size, for other types of linen - 40x30 cm;
• IN bookcase the compartment should be 18-39 cm high with a depth of 14-44 cm;

However: a compartment designed for horizontal storage periodicals, may be less than 18 cm in height.

• The cupboard in the kitchen intended for storing dishes must have compartments 15-25 cm high and 15-28 cm deep. The choice of size is determined by the dimensions of the dishes;

• The compartments of the locker for storing shoes in an inclined position must measure at least 15x32 cm (height / depth) for boots and shoes and 40x32 cm for boots;
• A kitchen cabinet under the work surface should be 85-90 cm high with a compartment depth of at least 46 cm. kitchen cabinet minimum depth - 27 cm.

Work technology

So how to assemble a plywood cabinet? Let's take a look at the main stages of work.

Markup

It is done using traditional tools such as a sharp pencil, long metal ruler and tape measure.

Semicircular edges (they may be needed, for example, when making a corner cabinet), in the absence of a compass of sufficient size, can be marked using a set of a pencil, rope and a screw:

1. We screw the screw into the supposed center of the circle, the arc of which forms a curved edge;
2. We tie a pencil to the screw;
3. Holding the pencil vertically, draw an arc.

Pattern

How and how to cut cabinet details?

It is more convenient to cut plywood along straight lines using a stationary or hand-held circular saw. The smaller the saw teeth and the slower it moves relative to the sheet, the smoother the edges will be and the less time you will have to spend grinding them.

Curved parts are cut electric jigsaw... An unpleasant feature of this tool is that the cut line constantly tries to move away from the markings, so when cutting, align not the marks on the tool sole, but the file itself along the line.

Caution: You will need goggles or a clear mask to protect your eyes from sawdust.

Parts processing

After cutting out, the parts need grinding. Both the edges will have to be sanded (they will retain the cutting marks) and the veneer surface. In both cases, it is most convenient to use an orbital sander.

However: if you have a router with edge cutter, he will give several best quality the surface of the edges and, more importantly, make them perfectly flat. When grinding with an orbital sander, there is always the risk of leaving a recess on the edge.

For rough sanding of edges, start with # 80 emery. The surface of the veneer is sanded with the first pass with paper or mesh No. 120. While reducing the grit of the abrasive, gradually bring it to # 400.

Wall mount

How to embed a plywood cabinet in a niche or fix a stationary plywood cabinet on the floor and main wall?

I used to connect load-bearing elements structures with floor and walls are ordinary building corners. To brick, stone and concrete walls they are fastened with dowel-nails, to wood - with phosphated or, better, galvanized screws.

Butt joint of parts

To join two cabinet parts (for example, the top and side panels) at right angles, follow the steps below:

1. Drill 4mm holes in one of the parts at right angles to its plane. The distance from the edge is equal to half the thickness of the plywood sheet;
2. Align the parts and, holding them together, drill with a 3 mm drill through the previously drilled holes the edge of the second part to a depth of at least 45-50 mm;
3. Countersink holes in the plane of the first part. I used a 10mm drill for this purpose. The depth of the countersink should allow the self-tapping head to be sunk at least 1 mm below the plywood surface;
4. Fix the parts and connect them with 45x4 mm self-tapping screws.

Attention: the shelves, which will experience significant operational loads, are traditionally attached to the side walls - to furniture corners. The connection to the walls with self-tapping screws screwed into the ends of the shelves can lead to delamination of the plywood.

Putty

How to repair the caps of self-tapping screws, gaps between adjacent parts and surface and edge defects?

It all depends on which way fine finishing cabinet you plan to use. Under paint or textured film, you can safely apply acrylic putty on wood.

But for a transparent coating (impregnation or varnish), it is better to prepare the material for filling yourself.

Homemade putty, which exactly matches the color of plywood, is obtained by mixing the sawdust remaining from its cutting with PVA glue. The thicker the putty, the less shrinkage it dries. Nuance: sawdust needs to be collected at the cutting stage in a clean dish; if you sweep them off the floor, dust will inevitably get into the putty, which will affect its color.

Fine finishing

The paint is applied to the plywood surface in 3-4 layers with intermediate drying. After applying and drying the first layer, intermediate sanding with zero paper is necessary: \u200b\u200bit will remove the pile that has risen when moistened from the surface.

Please note: it is better to paint not with a brush (it leaves streaks even with the most accurate paint application), but with a narrow roller.

To varnish plywood furniture, you can use two fundamentally different methods:

1. Multi-layer application by brush or roller with intermediate grinding each layer. The last layer is polished with a felt disc. The method gives excellent surface quality, but requires a lot of effort and time;

1. Pouring on a horizontal surface followed by spreading the varnish with a wide spatula. Casting allows you to get a smooth glassy surface in one step. Polishing is required in those rare cases when small bubbles remain on the varnish layer.

To decorate plywood furniture and give it a certain style, two simple decorating techniques are often used before varnishing:

1. Drawing patterns through a stencil. The paint must have a different base from the varnish base. I used organic solvent alkyd urethane varnish gouache as the final coat;

1. Decoupage. This is the name of sticking pictures or napkins on the surface of furniture with their subsequent varnishing. Decoupage will help you to revitalize the locker in the children's room or add a special charm to the kitchen furniture.

Conclusion

As you can see, making cabinets from plywood is quite within the power of a beginner. The video attached to the article will help you learn more about DIY furniture design. Good luck!

DIY plywood wardrobe.

This year I want to finally equip my kitchen a little.

The wallpaper is glued on, so the first step has already been taken.

Now you need to replace the open shelves with cabinets. Well, or at least some of the open shelves.

Those cabinets that are on sale do not suit me very much. I decided to try to do it myself, according to my own plan. I have experience working with plywood - after all, I have collected a whole town of houses))))

I do not say anything to my own people, because they reject the idea right away and in the bud. it ii see the end result and understand what will happen - good. But they don't see, so I keep everything secret.

In the meantime, I am collecting MK for the construction of cabinets)))

I found a completely understandable and accessible MK here:

Having moved to a new apartment or house, you are faced with an acute question, where to put all these things? The easiest way is to buy or make your own wardrobe. Today, any furniture is very expensive. Therefore, by making a wardrobe from plywood with your own hands, you can save a lot.

Advantages of a plywood cabinet

First, let's consider the pros, why it is worth choosing plywood as a material for making a cabinet:

1. Plywood - comfortable material for the manufacture of. It has a smooth finish that does not require additional processing. It will only need to be painted.
2. Due to the peculiarities of the plywood manufacturing technology, which includes the heat treatment and drying processes, plywood, unlike wooden boards and beams, does not dry out, which will not lead to possible loss appearance some time later.
3. Plywood is considered to be very durable material... Based on your needs, you can choose plywood sheets required thickness, which can vary from 3 to 30 mm.
4. Environmental friendliness. Domestic manufacturers provide the E1 emission class, which regulates the formaldehyde content.

In this article, we will consider the project most simple cabinet made of plywood, which will be easy to assemble with your own hands, even at home. The photo below shows an already assembled and painted cabinet, the same should turn out for you.

Photo - Plywood cabinet in the interior of the apartment

It should be noted that according to our project, we will make a wardrobe for the living room. The cabinet will have no doors, and it is unlikely to be suitable for the kitchen.

Tools and materials

Before starting to consider the question of how to make a cabinet out of plywood, it is necessary to identify what building materials and tools we need to implement the project given in the article with our own hands.

So, we need tools:

• a circular saw;

• drill with drills;
• screwdriver;
• wrench for furniture bolts (hexagon);
• milling cutter or hand saw;
• chisel and hammer;
• pneumatic hammer for driving finishing nails;

• building level;
• tape measure and square;
• stationery knife.

You should also prepare the following building materials:

• plywood sheets 16 mm thick (quantity depending on the size of the sheets);
• wooden molding (flanging);
• Fiberboard-plate 4 mm thick (fiberboard);
• furniture bolts or ordinary screws;

• finishing nails;
• paint on wood (color of your choice);
• gloves and goggles.

How to make a plywood cabinet?

First you need to choose a place for the cabinet, and, based on the available space and your needs, decide on the size of the future cabinet.

Photo - Measurement of space under the cabinet

According to our project, we will have a closet in the corner of the room. The dimensions of the cabinet are shown in the drawing below. You can of course choose your own sizes.

Photo - Drawing of a plywood cabinet

In accordance with the drawing, we cut out two side walls measuring 200 by 40 cm from plywood sheets using a circular saw, which are, in fact, a frame.

Photo - Sawing cabinet sides

The second step is cutting out the shelves. According to the project, the dimensions of the shelves will be 60 by 40 cm. The height of the shelves will be determined based on what you plan to store in the closet: whether it will be books or stacks of folded clothes - the choice is yours. According to the drawing, the height of the shelves will be 40 cm, so we need to prepare 6 plywood blanks, two of which will go to the upper and lower parts of the cabinet frame.

It should be noted that the length of the shelf will not be exactly 60 cm; it will be shorter by two plywood thicknesses minus the depth of the grooves. In our case, the thickness of the plywood is 16 mm, and the grooves are 5 mm. Accordingly, the calculated length of the shelves will be 578 mm, or 57.8 cm. It is these shelves that we will cut.

Photo - Preparing shelves

The next step, in assembling a plywood cabinet with your own hands, is to mark and make grooves on which the shelves will rest. This is done with the expectation of making fewer holes, the outer surface of the cabinet remains smooth and beautiful.

Attention! If you are using plywood less than 16 mm thick, you may have to fix the shelves without inserting them into the grooves, but by fixing metal corners.

The dimensions of the grooves must correspond to the thickness of the plywood, the groove is made for the entire width of the cabinet. To mark the grooves as accurately as possible, it is best to attach two sidewalls to each other and mark them together. The grooves are easiest to pass with a cutter, but at home you can do with two cuts to a depth of 4-5 mm and then gouge out the remains with a chisel or chisel.

Photo - We make grooves in the sides of the cabinet

Now that the whole frame is ready, it's time to put it together. First, we fasten the sidewalls to the upper and lower bases.

Attention! It is best to fix it on furniture bolts, so you can easily disassemble the cabinet later, for example, for painting. Use finishing nails only if you know for sure that you will never want to disassemble the cabinet, for example, when moving.

Photo - Assembling the cabinet frame

The next step, on how to make a plywood cabinet with your own hands, is to prepare the back wall of the cabinet from a fiberboard plate and fix it with screws or finishing nails. The dimensions of the back wall should be 60 x 200 cm.

Photo - Fibreboard for the back wall of the cabinet made of plywood

Attention! Be sure to drill holes of the correct diameter before driving in screws and furniture bolts. Driving screws into plywood without drilled holes Not recommended.

When the plywood cabinet is almost ready, we will give it a little decor - we will attach a wooden molding to the ends of the plywood. Today in hardware stores there are very big choice decorative overlays. We chose flat bar for sidewalls and profile molding for shelves. We will fasten it to the finishing nails with a pneumatic hammer.

Photo - Fastening the molding to the ends of the cabinet

And finally the final stage in assembling the cabinet with your own hands - painting plywood.

If furniture bolts were used in the assembly process, then when the paint has dried, we put decorative plugs on the hats. This will give the cabinet a great aesthetics.

Photo - Plastic furniture plugs

So, this is where the instructions for making a plywood cabinet end. Now you can assemble it yourself.

Improving the closet

To make the plywood cabinet even more convenient and functional, you can add sliding doors on casters and castor legs.

The doors will be convenient if the closet is in the living room, for all to see, and there are clothes or other things that you would not like to display. The essence sliding doors is simple: a metal profile is attached below and above, along which the rollers run. It will be most convenient to make two doors, which can be made from the same plywood. However, it should be noted that sliding doors are convenient only in wide cabinets, plus, when preparing shelves, it is necessary to lay the presence of doors in their depths.

Castors on metal brackets will make it easy to move the cabinet during cleaning. It is not difficult to fix such legs.

The man who dared to self-production furniture, will receive a high-quality and exclusive item made to individual tastes and requests.

Not all designers or factories are ready to provide what you need.

Plywood - universal material made of wood. Before the advent of plastics, plywood was used to make everything from airplane wings to children's toys.

Plywood advantages:

• resistance to warpage;
• low fracturing;
• smooth surface;
• environmental friendliness;
• durability;
• ease of handling.

The first thing to determine when designing is what the cabinet will be made of.

Advice... It is worth going shopping and finding out if they have what we need in stock.

Kinds

Different tasks require different thicknesses. The weight of the finished product depends on it.

• thin... Consists of 3 - 7 veneer layers, with a total thickness of 3 - 8 mm. Such plywood is light, it is good to make panels from it when frame structure furniture or for facades.

  It is convenient to use such plywood as the back wall of the cabinet.

• average thickness - 10 - 16 mm. The most popular type, combining load-bearing strength and the ability to withstand end fasteners.
• thick- over 18 mm. It is used for load-bearing critical structures, floors, weight distribution. You can cut out support bars from it, openwork robust structures for the walls.

Wood grades

Plywood is made of veneer sheets glued together. The wood used is spruce, pine, oak, but the most popular is birch. It peels well, has an excellent appearance.

The strength of the wood and its appearance depend on the type of wood used.

According to the quality of the wood used, there are 5 varieties. The first one is the "cleanest" one, without knots and visible defects. Fifth - allows for shortage of veneer, irregularities, fallen out knots. For a cabinet that will be painted with opaque paints, you can use 2-3 gradeif you want to preserve the appearance of wood, it is worth using 1 - 2 grade.

Advice... Most often, combined plywood is found - the outer sheets are made of birch, and the inner ones are made of alder or pine. This will not affect the quality of furniture, but such material costs much cheaper than high-quality varieties.

Moisture resistance

It depends on the glue used and the manufacturing technology.

• FC... It has average moisture resistance. If water gets in, it can stratify, so it is better not to use it for bathroom furniture.
• FSF... It has excellent properties and can be used in any furniture. When buying, you should pay attention to the formaldehyde emission class. It should not be lower than E1, it is valid parameter for use inside buildings.
• FOF... It is rarely used for furniture, as it is impregnated with phenol-formaldehyde resins and has high level formaldehyde emissions. It has excellent indicators of atmospheric resistance - it is not afraid of moisture and cold weather, therefore it is used mainly on the street. For outdoor furniture there are practically no alternatives, since the concentration of formaldehydes on fresh air don't worry.

Materials and tools

A well-equipped workshop gives the opportunity to realize any ideas.

Of course, you can use inexpensive hand tools, but in this case the quality will be lower and labor intensity will increase significantly.

To assemble the cabinet, we need:

• drill... The plywood end connections should not be loaded on the spacer - it may delaminate. To tighten screws or hammer in nails, it is imperative to drill out the filler holes. You can purchase a bed or a template for a drill with your own hands - all holes must be perpendicular. The role of a drill can be cordless screwdriver sufficient power;
• sawing tool - machine, jigsaw, circular saw. It is better to cut thick sheets upon purchase - many shops provide sawing services on panel saws. The jigsaw gives a crooked cut, if you have to make a cabinet in the workshop, it will do. For more accurate cuts, you will need a circular saw with a guide bar. It makes it possible to cut sheets with an accuracy of tenths of a millimeter;
• measuring and auxiliary tool. Details quality furniture must be precisely cut. To measure and mark the sheet, you will need a tape measure, a metal ruler 50 cm long, small and large squares. Angle clamps and clamping clamps can help hold the parts during hole drilling and assembly. It is better to have several of them - they will be useful for further work;
• if work is carried out in a residential area, it will be useful to purchase construction vacuum cleaner - it connects to the power tool and makes the job cleaner. With the help of a simple home-made cyclone, you can use a household vacuum cleaner in this role;
• fasteners... The peculiarity of plywood is that not every fastener can be used. When expanding, there is a high risk of splitting, so it is worth using glue and corner fasteners as much as possible;
• glue- any carpentry. The most convenient are polyurethane compounds;
• corners- galvanized furniture;
• for hidden fasteners with thick plywood can be used tie screws;
• for unloaded places you can use self-tapping screws, confirmations or nails... Under such a spacer, it is required to drill a pilot hole with a diameter of 1 mm less. This will not reduce the strength of the product, but will avoid internal stress.

For fastening facades and drawers, hinges and other fittings are required. It can be purchased online or at your nearest specialist store.

Scheme and drawing

Cabinet drawing

Before purchasing materials, it is worth carefully drawing the future product with a miscalculation of dimensions. This can be done either manually or on a computer - the graphic editors Sketcsh Up or 3Dmax will make the task easier. The first to design contour large parts, which are "clogged" with small partitions and compartments.

There are two main technologies for a plywood cabinet:

1. With a load-bearing timber frame... The wardrobe is a structure of planed wooden blocks, and the walls are plywood or veneer. The design is lightweight and durable.
2. With plywood frame... The use of thick plywood will completely replace wooden frame, technologies in design are the same as in the popular chipboard.

Advice... Before designing, it is worth going through the forums of furniture makers - they are laid out there for free access standard projects, which you can modify for yourself.

When drawing, do not forget about the thickness of the materials, the location of the fittings, and the location. Opening doors should not interfere with the passage, access to all compartments should be easy.

In general, a cabinet is a box with two supporting side walls, a lid, a bottom, "stuffing" shelves and drawers. The flat is attached to the back light sheet, giving strength to shear, with the front door attached at will.

The result this phase will following materials: general drawing cabinet, assembly drawing with dimensions and notes on fasteners, a list of parts indicating the thickness, dimensions, fastening method.

How to do it?

Material cutting

The main advantage of this material is its easy workability. Smooth sheets are easy to saw, grind, connect. there is a series of recommendationswhich will give you a much better result:

• before cutting with household saws, a dense masking tape or screw on thin plywood. The saw teeth are capable of chipping off the wood fibers, and the cut will turn out to be "ragged". If the fibers are pressed, the cut will be clear, the fibers will not be chipped;
• lines when marking should be as thin as possible. You can use a line or a finely sharpened pencil. The cut is made so that the line remains visible from the side of the finished part;
• if there's finished project, it is better to cut the plywood on a panel saw in specialized firm... When designing, you can think about how the parts will be cut out - this will save useful area sheets, and also allows you to avoid troubles when purchasing, when you have to buy a whole sheet for the sake of a small shelf;
• joints "in a thorn" or "on a mustache" can be cut both manually and with the help of machine tools with numerical control. Ask about the availability of enterprises with such equipment, cutting on such a machine will improve the accuracy of the part and embody any curvilinear cuts;
• after sawing, the ends can be sanded, rounded edges or processed by hand milling machine optional;
• in places of future fasteners on thick parts, you can make "plugs" of wood or anchor compounds. The place in the end is drilled out, a soft dowel greased with glue is clogged or a liquid polyurethane anchoring compound is poured. The hole should not exceed 1/3 of the plywood thickness. This technique will increase the strength of the perpendicular joint; it will be possible to put a larger load on the shelf.

Assembly

This stage will be greatly facilitated by the presence of a detailed drawing - keep in my head you can only simple sizes and parameters.

Before assembly, it is worth laying out the parts on the floor, signing them with self-adhesive paper and a felt-tip pen.

As a rule, the assembly starts from the main perimeter - the load-bearing walls, floor and bottom. If there are several walls, be sure to collect them immediately. The help of a partner, clamps, a conductor for adding holes will help to facilitate assembly.

After assembling the perimeter, be sure to check the perpendicularity of the surfaces, if it is rectangular, you can check the diagonals. We fix it with temporary bevels from the back.

We "hammer" the structure with shelves and nests for shuflyad. After that, we fix the back wall - it will give shear rigidity.

We put the cabinet in place, collect drawers, shelves, hang facades and other planned accessories - mirrors, hooks, handles, legs, plugs.

Important... The cabinet should stand level, not sway on its legs, the doors should be easy to open and close.

Finishing

For finishing wardrobe will have disassemble again - remove drawers, fronts, hooks, mirrors and shelves.

Surfaces are sanded by hand or sanded with sandpaper. It is better to do this in several stages with a 50% reduction in abrasive grain: No. 180 - No. 240 - No. 320. Sandpaper movements during manual sanding should go along the grain of the wood - so less noticeable scratches from accidentally caught grains of sand and coarse abrasive.

Plywood with thick face veneer you can burn or process metal brushes... This will give a vintage look, make the finish look "older" and more embossed. This treatment is suitable for finishing veneers from hard rocks - oak, ash, hornbeam, birch.

The smooth surface of plywood can be coated with various coloring agents:

• oil-wax... Gives natural look, quite withstands toning. Not suitable for saturated colors, used in designs that preserve the appearance of wood.

  Oil impregnates the top layer of wood, protects it from moisture, but the wood itself will perceive mechanical loads (scratches, abrasions). Virtually odorless, can be used when working "on the balcony" or in an apartment. Easy to apply and rub in with a cloth. It is important to know that it is better to burn rags after oil, otherwise it can self-ignite at any time;

• tinting + varnish... Suitable for "glossing" wood, while maintaining its natural appearance. It is better to use tinting on the basis of solvents with a high solids content - nitrobes. They give a uniform saturated color, do not raise the pile, and are easy to apply. Minus - pungent smell during application, if there is no workshop;
• covering enamels for wood... They create a protective film that completely covers the wood pattern. there is different kinds materials differing in properties and application technology.

  Pentaphthalic oil paints are popular, but they are short-lived. For furniture, it is better to use nitro enamels or acrylic varnishes - they are absorbed into the upper layers of the wood and do not "snap off" over time. Impregnation will help to reduce paint consumption - impregnation of plywood with inexpensive compatible substrates (primer, drying oil, oily solvents);

• combined options... Using masking tape, you can decorate unpresentable ends with opaque paint, and treat beautiful veneer surfaces, for example, with oil or transparent varnish. The "play" of fantasy when using various colors add uniqueness to the product.

Decorating

After painting, the furniture is assembled and installed in place. The use of decors - patina, overhead elements, panels, metal corners - will help to give a complete look.

More often the appearance is spoiled by multi-layer ends, they can be sealed with U-shaped profiles made of plastic or aluminum, self-adhesive melamine tape with a wood grain pattern, paint.

Photo

Perhaps the following photos will give you a couple of ideas for finalizing the final result.

Useful video

The main stages of cabinet making can be seen in the following video:

Conclusion

Ready wardrobe individual order costs a lot of money and nerves in coordination with the designer and craftsmen. You still have to delve into the features of materials, ergonomics, and determine the color palette.

You can take on a complex product only if you have:

• material base - tools and premises. Something can be purchased, expensive things can be rented;
• desires. The process of creating furniture is laborious, you will need a supply of patience and perseverance at every stage;
• experience. It is better to start with simple things - a birdhouse, a stool, etc. - hone the docking techniques;
• spatial imagination and free time.

The result of labor can both disappoint and please, but in any case, a do-it-yourself cabinet made of plywood will give valuable experience that can be repeated, and the skill can be improved.

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When you move to new house or things just accumulate that have nowhere to put, there is a need to buy new wardrobe... However, this is not cheap. Therefore, there is another option. For example, try making furniture yourself. For this purpose, you can use various materials: glass, willow twigs, natural wood, plastic, metal, fiberboard and plywood. The latter material is very flexible, easy to use and safe for health. For home, it is advisable to try to make a plywood cabinet with your own hands.

Selection features

The material itself consists of flat sheets different thickness... It can be made of veneer (aspen, birch). Plywood is appreciated by craftsmen because the technology of working with it is very simple. Here are some more reasons for choosing this material:

1. Plywood will not dry out like wooden boards and bars. This is because, according to the technology of its manufacture, it underwent heat treatment and drying. This will help your wardrobe not lose its presentable appearance for a long time.
2. It is very durable, the thickness of plywood sheets can be taken in the range of 3-30 mm.
3. It is very convenient to make something out of plywood with your own hands. Its finish surface is smooth so it does not need additional processing... Just paint it at the end.
4. Environmental friendliness of the material is also very important.

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Job

Before starting work, you should study some of the features of plywood in order to know in advance how to process it correctly. This will help the finished product last for many years.

1. You need to know the thickness of the plywood sheet to cut it correctly. You will be able to cut thin plywood (up to 2 mm) using sharp knife... For a thickness of 2 to 6 mm, a jigsaw is used, but if the thickness is more than 6 mm, only a circular saw is suitable.
2. Be sure to use a knife to make cuts or grooves that will be weakening. They must be done in parallel with the cutting line, otherwise the plywood will crack when cutting across the grain. This is very important when working with multilayer material.
3. Do not connect plywood sheets with screws or nails directly. You definitely need holes drilled for them. Puff material cracks... When you take plywood based on soft tree species, you will also need washers, which should be placed under the head of the nail or screw.
4. If, according to your design decision, you need to bend the material, then it is worth moistening it with water in advance and leaving it on the desired disc for about 12-14 hours. After that, you can design any unusual shapes for your future cabinet.
5. Any surface is recommended to be cleaned and sanded before gluing. Then you can apply glue. Try to do this evenly, squeeze the adhesive parts as much as possible and place the load until it is completely dry. At the same time, make sure that the fibers of the fragments are parallel to each other at the gluing site. Consider if you need to protect ready product from exposure to water, then you will need to use waterproof glue.
6. If it happens that the plywood begins to delaminate, glue the layers back together. For the interlayer, you can take plain paper. This sometimes happens due to the low grade of the product. There is simply no need to subject the glued part to serious stress. Apply it when you assemble the top cover or back wall.

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Conducting stages

Choose your material carefully. It has many varieties that differ from each other in their properties. Basically, it all depends on the glue that is used in the manufacture. If a room with high humidity or it is supposed to use the product outdoors, then take plywood with increased moisture resistance. You can choose almost any color from the film faced plywood. Pay attention to the grade, as you have to work with this material.

Choose the place where you plan to put the cabinet. So you can decide on its size. You can pick up suitable drawings and sketches or make your own. Write down all measurements. Decide how many drawers there will be and how they will look, what length and number of shelves, what kind of doors will be in the headset, etc. List these and others for yourself important pointsconcerning the appearance and design of the future cabinet.

Design for initial stage includes a solution for how the frame will be connected (there is a spike and tongue-and-groove connection). You will also need to choose fasteners (what you will use): screws, glue, confirmations, nails or minifixes. Take care of the cabinet fittings, choose hinges, door closers, handles, flanges, etc.

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Tools and materials

When you have everything you need, you can make an estimate of materials and prepare tools:

1. The first step is to need good saw... It must be submersible, containing a special guide to cut sheet materials... Therefore, if you do not have such a tool and have nowhere to take it, it is better to turn to specialists for cutting large plywood sheets. Prepare and hand saw or a cutter.
2. Electric jigsaw.
3. Hacksaw.
4. An electric drill with a set of different drills (you need special and conventional) for furniture screedas well as countersinks.
5. Hexagon - wrench for furniture bolts.
6. Everything for accurate and correct measurements (folding rule, square, thickness gauge, ruler, compasses, tape measure).
7. Mallet, chisels, chisels, planers - everything to plan and chisel.
8. A pneumatic hammer is needed when hammering in finishing nails.
9. Other tools you may need (knives, files, hammer, screwdrivers, needle files, pliers, screwdriver, marker or chalk for marks).

If you use ready-made plywood blanks (cabinet doors, wall), then plunge saw will not be needed. With the markup, you can also ask for help already experienced craftsmen... And when you get the hang of it, you can do everything yourself. For convenience, it is better to number all the details. This will help with assembly.

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Cabinet making

If you decide not to resort to someone's help, proceed to work on the drawing. Using a saw, cut out the cabinet frame from the plywood sheets - its two side walls. Then you can cut out the shelves. Decide what you will put on them (books, clothes or other items). Their height will depend on this.

The shelves should rest on the grooves. Therefore, they must first be marked and then done. In order not to spoil the outer surface of the cabinet, do not drill extra holes, so it will remain beautiful and smooth. However if plywood sheet thinner than 16 mm, you will need to fix the shelves using metal corners, not grooves.

The size of the groove itself corresponds to the thickness of the selected plywood. It should be done for the entire width of the cabinet. Mark the two sides together attached to each other. Then the marking of the grooves will be the most competent and accurate.

If there is no possibility of milling, you can make 2 cuts 4-5 mm deep, and gouge out the remnants using a chisel or chisel.

Assemble the finished frame. First, fasten the top and bottom bases to the sides. If it is necessary that the cabinet can later be disassembled (for transportation, for example), then furniture bolts should be used for fastening. If you have already moved and are not going to change the furniture, then you can attach it to the finishing nails.

Now you need to prepare the back wall of the cabinet. This will require fiberboard. After you have cut it out according to the drawings, fasten it in the same way that you chose for the entire product. Remember the rules for working with plywood. Use a drill to prepare holes of the desired diameter for furniture bolts and screws.

You can use any decor for the final stage. Hardware stores offer a huge range of different decorative overlays. At the end of the work, the plywood must be painted in the chosen color. Decorative caps should be put on the heads of furniture bolts to make the cabinet look more beautiful.

You can choose a paint that will accentuate the woody texture. You can also use varnish on the product. But before varnishing, you need to treat the product with a stain and sand with sandpaper to remove all dust. Before painting, the surface will also need to be primed (you can use drying oil or any other composition). Brush it onto the plywood and use a swab to rub in the filler. The primed surface is sanded again. Paint can now be applied.