Advice on making contiboard cabinets

[The Medway Handyman]

[The Medway Handyman]

Got a part number for those Stuart? Been looking for a solution to that problem.

[Stuart Noble]

I'd forgotten they're listed as "carcass screws"

[Roger Mills]

I've got one of these

and it seems to work quite well.

First you use the jig to drill the holes in the end grain. You fit dowels into those holes, and then lay the boards on top of each other. You position the jig over the dowels you've just fitted, and then use it to drill the holes in the mating piece - which end up in exactly the right place.

It pays to experiment a bit in order to refine the technique!

[The Medway Handyman]

I'll give them a try. What like are they on 18mm MDF? Do they cause the edge to bulge?

[Stuart Noble]

I always pilot drill mdf. A bit too dense for any screw I would think.

[gunsmith]

Indeed Dave. We both know biscuits don't make much sense when joining any material with a close kinship to weatabix either! My comment on accuracy was made having personally mitre biscuit jointed much more homogenious material. Anything less than precision looks 'orrid.

[The Medway Handyman]

Weatabix Wood - love it :-)

[js.b1]

One other dowel jointing kit system...

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a google for many others, some are alloy, some are steel.

There are videos on the websites to evaluate or at least see if dowel jointing will provide a viable solution. Accuracy is everything re dowel jointing if you want perfect jointed edges.

[Alan]

A bit on the pricey side but then precision tools are never cheap.

Anyone got one, tried one, pros / cons.

Alan

[Man at B&Q]

The same way you will seal the cut edges on the contiboard.

MBQ

[Stuart Noble]

Wouldn't be any visible cut edges, would there?

[Man at B&Q]

I don't think it has anything to do with visibility.

MBQ