DIY Slatwall?

[Hank Gillette]

Has anyone made their own slatwall? It looks like it should be relatively easy to do with the right router bit, and then you get plywood slatwall for about the same price as the MDF stuff.

[SwampBug]

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"How come the public can't tell the difference between the war hero and = the former town drunk?" -- Bill Maher

[mp]

Don't forget to factor in the cost of the router bit and sharpening. MDF is hard on bits and so is the slotwall cut.

[Todd Fatheree]

I have an anti-gloat on this. Back before my wife undertook her current position in child development, she worked as a construction manager for a very large construction company. During a rehab of a high-end Chicago department store, she let them throw tons of slatwall right into the dumpster. I would have liked to have given it a try.

todd

[Unisaw A100]

Yahbut, the machines to make slatwall weigh somewhere in the "ton" range (give or take a few) compared to your router that you can pick up one handed. Believe me on this one, it's kinda like making your own gravel if you know what I mean.

UA100

[RickS]

You blow.

/rick.

[U-CDK_CHARLES\Charles]

I know Exactly what you mean. Though my wife thought of the job as "repairing the front stoop" my impression was, "The *deleted* who built this *deleted* ran untreated wood down to the dirt. I oughta dig a hole, pour a slab and THEN rebuild this *deleted*"

However "Dig a hole" rapidly became "Turn slate into gravel and thank God that it's slate and not granite."

[bridger]

whaaa? I have some big 'ol rocks and a hammer... them rocks are in the way and what I really need is some gravel. I think I'm gonna....

[dan cordes]

Rockler has the bit for this operation. It's even on sale this week.

[Hank Gillette]

Yeah, I've seen the bit. I was just wondering if anyone had actually used one.