You should never, ever rely solely on screwing into the edge of plywood. That's not strong at all, but even worse when it's plywood endgrain, which is very frail. Beware, the entire strength of this design relies on screwing into end grain. Please fix this problem so others don’t have the same experience I did.Īs a woodworker, I should have seen the red flags, (like the author using the term "Kreg Jig" to refer to a pocket hole jig) but I liked the pictures so much, I decided to ignore my instincts and give it a try. It cost me more money, more time, and a lot of frustration. I was able to make it work after I had to use additional lumber to make new ends with the correct dimensions. I originally spent a little more than $80 on materials for this project. But now you know it's a problem and should either correct the plans and re-upload them or take them down. If this is the first you've heard of this problem with the plans for this particular project I can understand. The shelves themselves are 16" wide which makes it necessary for all the end pieces to be 16" wide as well.Īna, this is a great site with lots of great ideas. Never assume the plans you get are accurate (even if they're made is Sketchup).Īnything that says it should be 15.5" long in the cut list should actually be 16" long. It took three adults an hour measuring the pieces three, five, eight times, and looking at the plans over and over to finally realize that the error was not in how I cut the pieces. I thought I had done something wrong, cut everything wrong. I was excited until I made all my cuts, put my ends together and found that something was seriously amiss. It's simple in construction and looks great. I was really excited when I saw this changing table. I don't know how that's possible since these plans are seriously flawed. So I've seen a few people post on this project, that they've built it and it works great.
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