bklynman01
Active Member
I'm not sure this is the right forum, but I feel like I'm just showing off a build of mine. If the admins feel it should be moved, just let me know and I'll do it.
I recently built a new bench with cubbies in the mudroom and had some MDF and beadboard left over. In under an hour, I ripped down some MDF into 3 inch strips that were each 3 foot long (the length of a single piece of flex track). I cut out a couple of "jigs" that are 4 inches tall to create even spacing for every shelf. Somewhere, my math was off and the top shelf is 1/2 inch shorter than the others. After all the shelves and the outside frame were glued and nailed together, I cut a piece of beadboard to fit the back and nailed that into the perimeter pieces, and then into each shelf.
Total cost: $0 (all scrap material)
Total time: about 45~50 minutes?
There's 4 screws total holding it up on the wall, hit studs with all of them. The top two screws are ugly and visible. I put them in first, then stood back to look and realized they are too high to be hidden by the rolling stock. So, the lower two screws are nicely hidden behind those Pullmans on the 4th shelf. The bottom shelf has some old EZ-Track that I considered using (as the design intent mentioned earlier) but after spending enough time taking the few cars on and off a few times, I've decided to not use tracks at all.
Anyway, I hope you like it. I do like to hear good and bad feedback, as I'm sure this isn't the last time I build something like this. I can think of a few improvements for the next one, I wonder if anyone else has good ideas.
I recently built a new bench with cubbies in the mudroom and had some MDF and beadboard left over. In under an hour, I ripped down some MDF into 3 inch strips that were each 3 foot long (the length of a single piece of flex track). I cut out a couple of "jigs" that are 4 inches tall to create even spacing for every shelf. Somewhere, my math was off and the top shelf is 1/2 inch shorter than the others. After all the shelves and the outside frame were glued and nailed together, I cut a piece of beadboard to fit the back and nailed that into the perimeter pieces, and then into each shelf.
Total cost: $0 (all scrap material)
Total time: about 45~50 minutes?
There's 4 screws total holding it up on the wall, hit studs with all of them. The top two screws are ugly and visible. I put them in first, then stood back to look and realized they are too high to be hidden by the rolling stock. So, the lower two screws are nicely hidden behind those Pullmans on the 4th shelf. The bottom shelf has some old EZ-Track that I considered using (as the design intent mentioned earlier) but after spending enough time taking the few cars on and off a few times, I've decided to not use tracks at all.
Anyway, I hope you like it. I do like to hear good and bad feedback, as I'm sure this isn't the last time I build something like this. I can think of a few improvements for the next one, I wonder if anyone else has good ideas.