HOW TO BUILD IT
- PROJECT PAGE
WHITEBOARD
This money saving whiteboard is based around
using an inexpensive white wall panel like those used in residential bathrooms.
One of our members has built a variety of these whiteboards, saving our
church over $1,000 dollars. Basically, the construction consists
of gluing the white wall panels to wooden frames and mounting them either
on a wall or on a mobile stand. The actual whiteboards generally
cost only about $10 each. You will spend more money on the frames.
For a REALLY cheap whiteboard, you can just glue a board directly to a
wall and put some molding around it. Be aware, however that this
will ruin the wall when you try to take it down some day.
PROS: Large boards for a very inexpensive
price.
CONS: Board material was not designed
for heavy duty use. They will NOT last as long as a first quality
board. You will need to replace these boards every few years so design
the frame for easy replacement. I wouldn’t suggest this for a school
setting in which it is used all day, several days a week but for a church
setting in which they are used once or twice a week they are fine.
WHITEBOARD - MOBILE
You will need a frame behind the board to keep it from warping.
Glue the board to the frame so that you won't have screws in the markerboard.
Edge View. Marker/eraser
ledge at bottom. We have found it good to put a ledge at the top so
that it is out of the reach of small children.
Edge view showing
roller frame with wheels.
Instructions From The Builder:
Mobile white board details:
The two 1/8" sheets of bath board are glued to a 1 x 2 frame with 4' ribs on
24" centers. Simply lay one sheet down on a flat surface, glue one face of
the strips, place them on the panel, apply glue to the face of these strips
and drop the other panel on top. Use a sheet of 1/2" plywood as a press board
and apply some dead weight evenly across the panel.( books, lumber, sand
bags, etc.) It will only take a couple of hours to set if you use yellow
carpenters glue.
Mean while make a 1 x 3 frame out of clear lumber and dado it 1" wide and a
1/4" deep to receive the panel package. You can mitre or butt joint the
corners. When you are ready frame the panel. You have created a panel that
cannot separate. The roller frame is 2 built of 2 x 2 clear material and is
basically an upside down T with braces in the corners and casters on the
extended cross bar. Don't make the frame taller than 6' 6" or it will not
pass through a standard doorway!
Attach the two T frames to the ends of the panel with screws and you are
ready to go. If you have a router with a core box bit you can make a double
gutter pen tray out of a 1 x 4-1/2 to fasten to the bottom of the panel which
will also stiffen the panel very well.
If you have questions please E-mail knightbldr@aol.com
Good luck
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