Spoiler board (wasteboard)

Select your machine size:

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Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 630×748 mm

Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 880×998 mm

Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 1380×1498 mm. It’s possible that you can’t find this size at your local DIY store, but if you have 1220mm as width, instead of 1380mm, then is will still be fine!

Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 1380×1998 mm. It’s possible that you can’t find this size at your local DIY store, but if you have 1220mm as width, instead of 1380mm, then it will still be fine!

Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 1380×2398 mm. It’s possible that you can’t find this size at your local DIY store, but if you have 1220mm as width, instead of 1380mm, then it will still be fine! In fact, this size of 1220 x 2440mm is exactly the standard size of many MDF panels, and so you can use a full standard size boards as wasteboard without any waste.

Get yourself an MDF wasteboard of 18 or 19mm thick from your local DIY store – and have it cut to size to the following dimensions: 1380×2508 mm. It’s possible that you can’t find this size at your local DIY store, but if you have 1220mm as width, instead of 1380mm, and if you use different panels to reach 2510 mm, then it will still be fine!

Some DIY stores that sell MDF per country and in most cases they also offer cut to size services:

AustriaAThttps://www.hornbach.at/shop/MDF-Platte-E1-18x1220x2440-mm/3809826/artikel.html
BelgiumBEhttps://www.hubo.be/nl/p/mdf-plaat-244×122-cm-18mm/216010.html
CyprusCYhttps://www.leroymerlin.com.cy/gr/xuleia/panel-xulou-kai-melaminis/panel-xulou/
Czech RepublicCZhttps://www.hornbach.cz/cms/cs/cz/o_hornbachu/sluzby/prirez/prirez.html
DenmarkDKhttps://www.traebutikken.dk/shop/mdf-plader-15748p.html
FranceFRhttps://www.leroymerlin.fr/v3/p/produits/panneau-medium-mdf-naturel-ep-18-mm-x-l-250-x-l-122-cm-e154566
GermanyDEhttps://www.hornbach.de/shop/MDF-Platte-E1-2440x1220x18-mm-Zuschnitt-online-reservierbar/3809826/artikel.html
GreeceGRhttps://www.praktiker.gr/p/mdf-19mm-56863#
ItalyIThttps://www.bricoman.it/n/falegnameria/compensati-osb-truciolari-altre-essenze/compensatiosb-truciolare/mdf-spessore-19-mm-h-244x/10042810/
LuxembourgLUhttps://www.hornbach.lu/shop/Panneau-MDF-E1-18x1220x2440-mm-service-reservation-de-decoupe-sur-mesure/3809826/article.html
NetherlandsNLhttps://www.hornbach.nl/shop/MDF-plaat-2440-x-1220-x-18-mm/8354157/artikel.html
PolandPLhttps://www.castorama.pl/produkty/wykonczenie/drewno-i-drewnopodobne/plyty-drewnopochodne/plyty-surowe/plyta-mdf-2440-x-1220-x-18-mm.html
PortugalPThttps://www.aki.pt/madeiras-e-construcao/paineis-madeira/paineis-madeira-pre-cortados/mdf/painelmdf122x244x1cm-p58877.aspx
RomaniaROhttps://www.hornbach.ro/shop/Placa-MDF-Kronospan-V20-calitatea-A-2800x2070x18-mm/7453162/produs.html
SpainEShttp://www.leroymerlin.es/fp/4604_mdf/mdf-mdf
SwedenSEhttps://www.hornbach.se/cms/sv/se/varuhusinfo/service/sagservice/sagservice.html
SwitzerlandCHhttps://www.hornbach.ch/shop/MDF-Platte-18x2070x2800-mm/5962314/artikel.html
United KingdomGBhttps://buywood.co.uk/cut-to-size/mdf

Now, the holes for the rails can be drilled.

In the Y axis direction, choose an interval for drilling holes and then attaching the wasteboard to the frame rails. For instance, every 50cm.

You will mark that at the edges. If you have an extra rail for supporting the middle of the wasteboard, then you can also mark these distances at the center of the wasteboard.

Then, mark all the markings at the edge, at 1cm from the edge:

Then, drill the points with a 10mm drill or a 12mm drill to a depth of 5mm. There are tools to screw on a wood drill, so you can drill precisely 5mm deep:

 

Then use the dot that is left from the 10mm or 12mm drill, to drill further (through the MDF now) with a 6mm drill.

Then, put a M5 x 20mm button head screw in each of these holes (the button is in the 5mm inwards bit) and put a post assembly T slot at the other end:

 

 

There is a choice of two heights to attach the wasteboard: either at a height of 4cm, or else at a height of 8cm. This is purely done by choosing the orientation of the wasteboard support rails (with their tallest side up or not)