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.
Now you will have to fix the top of the cupboard and the bottom to the sides. One of the best and strongest screws I think is the 6x40 chipboard screw. Place the bottoms and tops as well as the side on a chipboard plank so the front edges line up perfectly. Nail guns also work wonders when lining up the bedroom cupboards pieces. You still have to fix the pieces with a 6x40 chipboard screw because the nail just isn't strong enough to keep the cupboard together.
When you've put the bedroom cupboard together and nailed the backboard onto it you can start working on the shelf nail template. If your cupboard has 4 shelves you there will be 5 spaces between them. If your bedroom cupboard has a height of 2200mm the internal height will be 2168mm. Why? Because the bottom and the top is 16mm thick. Four shelves will give you a total of 68mm to subtract from the internal height (2168mm) of the bedroom cupboards. After you've subtracted the 68mm from the 2168mm you have to divide it by five to get even spaces of 420mm between the shelves.
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.
Now hanging the doors is the last thing left to do. Use a long straight plank and push it up against the hinges so that it forces the hinges to line up with one another. The hinges can now be fixed to the doors of the cupboard.
And that's how easy it is to build a bedroom cupboard. Hope you enjoyed the article and all the best with your bedroom cupboard project. - 32406
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.
Now you will have to fix the top of the cupboard and the bottom to the sides. One of the best and strongest screws I think is the 6x40 chipboard screw. Place the bottoms and tops as well as the side on a chipboard plank so the front edges line up perfectly. Nail guns also work wonders when lining up the bedroom cupboards pieces. You still have to fix the pieces with a 6x40 chipboard screw because the nail just isn't strong enough to keep the cupboard together.
When you've put the bedroom cupboard together and nailed the backboard onto it you can start working on the shelf nail template. If your cupboard has 4 shelves you there will be 5 spaces between them. If your bedroom cupboard has a height of 2200mm the internal height will be 2168mm. Why? Because the bottom and the top is 16mm thick. Four shelves will give you a total of 68mm to subtract from the internal height (2168mm) of the bedroom cupboards. After you've subtracted the 68mm from the 2168mm you have to divide it by five to get even spaces of 420mm between the shelves.
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.
Now hanging the doors is the last thing left to do. Use a long straight plank and push it up against the hinges so that it forces the hinges to line up with one another. The hinges can now be fixed to the doors of the cupboard.
And that's how easy it is to build a bedroom cupboard. Hope you enjoyed the article and all the best with your bedroom cupboard project. - 32406
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