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Home South Africa|July 2019

Make a wall unit for your favourite bits ’n bobs.

Deon de Goede
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You will need

SHOPPING LIST

18mm plywood, cut to: two 1 480 x 100mm pieces (base frame) four 220 x 100mm pieces (base struts) ten 2 400 x 300mm pieces (sides) twenty-eight 334 x 300mm pieces (shelves)

four 379 x 334mm pieces (backing boards)

two packets 6mm x 50mm chipboard screws

one packet 8mm x 30mm screws

four 6mm x 55mm nail-in anchors

pine wood filler

220-grit sandpaper

TOOLS

cordless drill and 3mm drill bit

pencil

tape measure

try square

masonry drill with 6mm drill bit

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