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olivers

Member Since: 19 Jan 2012
Location: Southern Scotland
Posts: 115

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

Material for building Defender furniture

I’m looking to build a few storage elements, shelves etc, for the back of my 90. I’m wondering what the best material is for this... furniture board comes to mind, but I have concerns - it’s not the lightest stuff, I’ve seen furniture board shelves sag quite a bit and so on. Hm.

Other ideas? Should be lightweight, reasonably easy to use for the purpose, stable enough for use as shelves or sidewalls, available in a range of sizes. If you’ve done something like this, what did you use?

Cheers
Oli

29th Mar 2018 6:55pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

Plywood. Weight for weight, it's plenty strong enough, comes in a range of thicknesses, easy to cut, etc. Darren

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29th Mar 2018 7:26pm

macfrank

Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: somewhere in the north
Posts: 1076

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

These PVC-coated plywood is really great:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=...mp;act=url
(sorry, haven't got a UK source)

I've used 7mm for furniture walls and 10mm for table tops and lids (to stand on).

30th Mar 2018 2:54pm

LiftedDisco

Member Since: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Towcester
Posts: 353

Try something like Dibond or ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) which is available in various colours etc

30th Mar 2018 4:47pm

olivers

Member Since: 19 Jan 2012
Location: Southern Scotland
Posts: 115

Thanks for the ideas! I’ll look into it some more... off now for a bit of Easter relaxation in Yorkshire, but there should be time for some online research!

I was wondering about required thickness, so thanks to macfrank for mentioning it. I really don’t want those shelves to be sagging after a little while... due to lack of experience, I tend to overcompensate when I select wood for a purpose - not always a bad thing, but I want to keep an eye on weight for this project.

31st Mar 2018 6:52pm

Badger110

Member Since: 06 Feb 2018
Location: South hams
Posts: 1039

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Buckingham Blue

http://www.wisaplywood.com/Products/produc...fault.aspx

A phenolic injected/covered ply sheet is the most universal material for what you want to do.

31st Mar 2018 9:34pm

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