fittings for take-apart cupboard

"Martin Trautmann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I want to build a cupboard which basically will be composed from three
> vertical plates (about 50 x 200 cm) and six horizontal boards (50 x 50)
> in between. A further extension shall be possible, as indicated below.
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> |-|-| -|
> | | | |
> |-|-| -|
> | | | |
> |-|-| -|
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> The cupboard shall be demountable for easy transport.
>
> Material will be three-layer fir (20 mm thick).
>
> What's your recommendation? The standard fitting here in Germany for
> this purpose is an excenter to the edge of the horizontal board on a
> bolt in the side of the vertical board:
>
> +--+
> ------+| | +--------
> +----+| | +-----+
> -I=====X==X==-+ I__X__I--
> | |
> left center right
> board excenter in board
>
>
> Since I'm not that happy with these excenters, I wanted to have a look
> whether e.g. the US market offers better ideas.
>
>
> Sorry, if my description is somehow confusing, when I translated
> incorrectly from German ideas. Tell me, and I'll try to give further
> explanation or images (of the fittings or the building plan as a
> children's cupboard, front as lighthouse tower, sides to climb up/down
> or mount things).
>
> Thanks for sharing your ideas,
> Martin

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