Weather proof Melamine?

[davidallen]

Dave,
Thanks for the offer, I may take you up on it.

I thought about frame and panel using 2X2 frames and 1/4" panels but wasn't sure about installing internal structures like shelves, dividers, and drawers..

[bleeth]

Once you have a layout interior construction of partitions and drawer glides is done just like traditional frame and panel furniture: crossmembers attached to the carcasses framework.

[gene_marshall]

BTW,
I made my camping box out of western red cedar.
Lightweight and sturdy.not to mention rotproof.

i would have used corian for the top, but wound up with a cutting board instead.

Have fun camping...nothing like the great outdoors.
Gene

[davidallen]

Gene

I may lay up some panels of cedar and do the same thing. I could laminate the horizontal surfaces for easy cleanup

da

[gene_marshall]

Here is a sad note, but very important.

When I first made the box.
My intention was to put the camp stove on top.
the first trip, I was boiling water for corn. standing right there with the thing.
one of my freinds kids came over and leaned on the box causing it to shake and the corn water fell to the ground.

The child got hit by the splash of boiling water, mostly on his legs. 2nd degree burns and a trip to the hospital.

I still get sick to my stomach thinking of this.

The kids as big as an ox nox, I still see his family from time to time, they harbor no ill will.
But I wind up apologizing anyway.

My point in writing this is... I was so proud of the box up till that moment, and after I wanted to smash it into a million peices.

Please take note the camp stove must be secure.

At the time we had a camper with our group who worked for an insurance co. doing risk assessment and management.
He was standing a few feet away when this happened and said that no one could have seen it coming.
sometimes safety is not only proper planning but also thinking beyond the usual parameters.

I still feel sick over this.
Gene