Ladder Toekick

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Nat Wheatley
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Ladder Toekick

Post by Nat Wheatley »

I'm trying to come up with a simple ladder base for our closet systems. They typically need to be 2 1/2" tall, so I'm looking to avoid too many small pieces, as our vaccuum hold down doesn't do well with these. Also looking to minimize assembly time.

I've attached a photo of what I'm coming up with. It's just a panel (centered up and down)with several cutouts, with a border which is the height of the kick. The panel would be dadoes into the border. Assembly would be glue and staples.

Any input suggestions would be great. Thanks
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Re: Ladder Toekick

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Looks like a good plan. Is it or does it need to be resizable? If it needs to be I would make it a base cabinet using the toe kick as the front with the sides, back and deck and make my cutouts in the deck.
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Re: Ladder Toekick

Post by Nat Wheatley »

Thanks Tim, I do need to be able to resize. The one I'm working on was made from a cabinet, but I used different parts than you listed (the part with the cutouts is the cabinet back). Insetting the back caused the cutout constraints to act oddly and/or disappear. I'll try it using the parts you mentioned and am guessing the results will be better.

Thanks again for the input

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