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I may be an old purist, used to boats as well as houses, but I wouldn't use particle board for anything. It sags and bows unless well supported, the edges are prone to crumble, and even the surface will crumble over time. It might serve for vertical panels in a wardrobe if well supported with battens and rebated into solid timber at its front edges (presuming the back and sides are supported into a box shape). I'd go for plywood, either ordinary ply or "external" which resists moisture, or marine ply for wet areas - and still I'd batten the revealed edges by rebating them into solid timber. With good batten supports, even quarter inch ply can make good shelves, but they must have a central batten if more than 15inch deep, and again I'd rebate the front edges into something more solid, like 1X2 inch dressed - which can be maranti or something similar, or good pine, depending on how you want to paint or varnish etc. The cost of those edges are reduced by the fact that you save a bit on the ply, as the rebate only need be half an inch or trhee quarter, say, into a two-inch piece of solid. You'd need a router and bench for that, or get your local mill to route it. In my own home building etc days, every time I had a job to do, I'd be a really good professional tool (not the cheap junk). It always cost less than having a professional do the work, I ended up with a magnificent toolkit, and skills, as well as much satisfaction. For solid timber work, Australian Ash is good. For really solid stuff like a mantlepiece, if you can get old Jarrah and dress it down you're in clover! Much depends on just what timbers are available locally, the price, and your tools. For really classy effect there's much you can do with solid wall-panel planks of half-inch thick - again with some judicious framing or battens for support. There are two kinds of butt edges - one that used be called "marine", where the joins are moulded to make a decorative butt; and another which is flush-butted. I reckon the flush butt looks best for cupboard doors etc. _________________ DJs In Chicago |
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