If you have the correct materials and tools it's quite simple to build your own bedroom cupboards. The way to make this process simpler is to learn a few tricks and I'm going to show them to you. I'm going to give you some tips on how to build bedroom cupboard the easy way and if you're teachable you won't have a problem.
Let's assume that you already invested in materials and chipboard. You would also need hardware like PVC legs, hinges, oval tubes and chipboard screws. You can either buy diy bedroom cupboard or work out your own cut list to get yr wood cut and edged.
All good? Let's begin. Now you need to assemble the cupboards. The holes for the chipboard screws need to be drilled 8mm away from the edge of the side. This is so that it screws into the middle of the bottom or top. Remember that the thickness of the bottom and top is 16mm.
Them you will have to assemble the bedroom cupboard by fixing the tops and bottoms to the sides. The 6x40 chipboard screw is one of the strongest screws to use. If you want the side to line up in front with the tops and bottoms effortlessly you can place them on a piece of chipboard. A great tool that also makes life very easy is the nail gun. You will still have to use a 6x40 screw to fix the cupboard pieces together as the nail isn't strong enough.
After you've assembled the bedroom cupboard and fixed the backing onto it you can make the shelf nail template. If you have 4 shelves you will have 5 spaces between them. Let's say your cupboard is 2200mm high. You internal height will be 2168mm because you have to subtract the bottom(16mm thick) and the top(16mm thick) from the height of the cupboard. Each shelf is also 16mm thick. If there is 4 shelves you will have to subtract 16mmx4=64mm off the internal dimensions of the cupboard. Now subtract 64mm from 2168mm and divide it by 5 and you'll get 420mm. That is the space between each shelf.
To make the shelf nail template you can use a piece of melamine that is 2100mmx100mm and make marks that are 420mm spaced from each other. Make sure the marks are in the middle of the plank. Take a chipboard screw and screw it into the plank so that it counter sinks through by 3mm. After you've placed the template on the bottom of the cupboard against the side of the cupboard on the inside, take a hammer and knock the plank against the side so that it makes marks. Do this in all four corners of the cupboard, hammer shelf nails in on the marks and put the shelves in place.
All you have to do now is hang the doors. To line the hinges on the door up perfectly when you fix them place a plank across the hinges so the plank pushes against all the hinges and forces them all to go straight. Now you can fix the hinges to the cupboard doors and hang them up.
That is how easy it really is to build your own bedroom cupboard. All the best with your bedroom cupboard project and hope you enjoyed the content. - 33383
Let's assume that you already invested in materials and chipboard. You would also need hardware like PVC legs, hinges, oval tubes and chipboard screws. You can either buy diy bedroom cupboard or work out your own cut list to get yr wood cut and edged.
All good? Let's begin. Now you need to assemble the cupboards. The holes for the chipboard screws need to be drilled 8mm away from the edge of the side. This is so that it screws into the middle of the bottom or top. Remember that the thickness of the bottom and top is 16mm.
Them you will have to assemble the bedroom cupboard by fixing the tops and bottoms to the sides. The 6x40 chipboard screw is one of the strongest screws to use. If you want the side to line up in front with the tops and bottoms effortlessly you can place them on a piece of chipboard. A great tool that also makes life very easy is the nail gun. You will still have to use a 6x40 screw to fix the cupboard pieces together as the nail isn't strong enough.
After you've assembled the bedroom cupboard and fixed the backing onto it you can make the shelf nail template. If you have 4 shelves you will have 5 spaces between them. Let's say your cupboard is 2200mm high. You internal height will be 2168mm because you have to subtract the bottom(16mm thick) and the top(16mm thick) from the height of the cupboard. Each shelf is also 16mm thick. If there is 4 shelves you will have to subtract 16mmx4=64mm off the internal dimensions of the cupboard. Now subtract 64mm from 2168mm and divide it by 5 and you'll get 420mm. That is the space between each shelf.
To make the shelf nail template you can use a piece of melamine that is 2100mmx100mm and make marks that are 420mm spaced from each other. Make sure the marks are in the middle of the plank. Take a chipboard screw and screw it into the plank so that it counter sinks through by 3mm. After you've placed the template on the bottom of the cupboard against the side of the cupboard on the inside, take a hammer and knock the plank against the side so that it makes marks. Do this in all four corners of the cupboard, hammer shelf nails in on the marks and put the shelves in place.
All you have to do now is hang the doors. To line the hinges on the door up perfectly when you fix them place a plank across the hinges so the plank pushes against all the hinges and forces them all to go straight. Now you can fix the hinges to the cupboard doors and hang them up.
That is how easy it really is to build your own bedroom cupboard. All the best with your bedroom cupboard project and hope you enjoyed the content. - 33383
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