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fulltimin

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Posted: 03/10/21 09:37pm

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I was working in the moho today, and the wife came out and said... Hey, how about some wallpaper in the kitchen, at the back next to the bath area?

So, I hung a piece up to see what it might look like. We may not use this particular design, but I think something back there might work.

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Posted: 03/10/21 09:43pm

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I pulled out my scale today, and started weighing some different pieces of plywood and some cedar boards, to check for weights for use in the drawers on the passenger side.

There is a huge difference between something like a cedar board that's about 1/2" thick, and a piece of plywood that is 1/2" thick.

I don't think I'll be using cedar for the drawers, but I am building a couple of different drawer configurations to see how light I can get away with, and still maintain a sturdy drawer.

Depending on what the drawer is made of, they could collectively add up to a couple of hundred pounds. I figure, a little extra time spent finding out how light I can go, would be worth the weight savings.

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I'll let you know how this shakes out.

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Posted: 03/11/21 09:48pm

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I was working on getting my jigs set up to cut grooves and dados in the plywood that I want to hopefully use for drawers.

I cut a drawer bottom, 2 sides, and the front and back pieces for one of the small drawers that will be used at the top.

I cut them from 1/4" (yea, right) plywood. It's more like .200 instead of .250 plywood, but that's another story.

I hung them up on my scale.

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Posted: 03/11/21 09:52pm

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And the results are.........

Drum roll..........

3.74 lbs.

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If they were all going to be this size, just these pieces would amount to about 60 lbs for drawers without any slide mechanisms.

Since only 4 will be this size, collectively, they will weigh much more than that.

Hopefully, I will be able to use 1/4" for even the large drawer bottoms, even in the largest on the bottom, but I am not holding my breath on that one.

Time will tell.

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Posted: 03/12/21 05:59pm

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Did you deduct for the hook and clamp weight?

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Posted: 03/12/21 07:21pm

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PastorCharlie wrote:

Did you deduct for the hook and clamp weight?

The steel hook and the plastic clamp are part of the tare weight. Then I can put the weight into the clamp in order to get an accurate weighing.

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Posted: 03/12/21 07:24pm

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Tonight will be the anatomy of a drawer. This will be drawn out a little tonight, until I get everything posted.

Here is a drawer that came out of a 2006 travel trailer.

Hanging it on the scale, and we have 6.39 lbs.

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Posted: 03/12/21 07:26pm

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This drawer is roughly about 18" x 18" with an Oak face plate.

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Posted: 03/12/21 07:40pm

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If you have never looked closely at a drawer, they really are quite interesting, and very different between manufacturers.

Here is the Oak front face.

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