Melamine Usage Tips! Cutting, Drilling and Edge Banding (Fixit Fingers Fiver)

Cutting, drilling and edge-banding melamine without chipping out — the beginner's guide to working with the plastic-coated particle board hiding in every kitchen, laundry, closet and wardrobe. This Fixit Fingers Fiver is the short, sharp version of everything I wish I knew before I started working with it. #Melamine #MelamineTips #DIYCabinetry 📚 Chapters 00:00 What is Melamine? 00:53 Cutting Melamine without Chip Out 03:09 Drilling Clean Holes in Melamine 06:13 Great Cabinet Hardware Jigs 09:57 Iron On Edge Banding Melamine 12:23 How to Clean Melamine 🔗 The Sequel Build (2025) After making this Fiver I finally took on a melamine commission build I'd been putting off for years. If this video sold you on the material, the next one shows me building with it for real: "Using Melamine — I Hated this Stuff for Years. I was Wrong." →    • Melamine Usage Tips! Cutting, Drilling and...   ←    • Using Melamine - I Hated this Stuff for Ye...   🛒 Tools & gear (affiliate links — support the channel at no cost to you) 🇦🇺 Aussies — Kreg cabinet hardware jigs at @CarbatecTheHomeOfWoodworking https://www.carbatec.com.au/brands/kr... 🌍 Worldwide — Amazon Kreg Cabinet Hardware Jig (KHI-PULL) — https://amzn.to/3MRKuFp Kreg Concealed Hinge Jig (KHI-HINGE) — https://amzn.to/3L9tSH1 Kreg Shelf-Pin Jig 1/4" (6 mm) (KMA3225) — https://amzn.to/3ooJOgJ Melamine Edge Banding — https://amzn.to/3A90VFI Melamine Edge Banding Trimmer — https://amzn.to/3ULjJEL Melamine Screw Hole Cover Stickers — https://amzn.to/3N3qe3E The full Fixit Fingers tool shop — https://www.amazon.com/shop/fixitfingers 🤝 Channel members    / @fixitfingers   Chris @Built by Chris · Mark @Dainer Made · Kevin @Makin' Sawdust · Darren @2 by Forge · Glenn @Presto's Woodworks · Bryan @Outdoors with BT · Rebecca I · @Mario - The Woodfather · Glenn G · Melissa @Lissy Crafts 📲 Follow Fixit Fingers Instagram —   / fixitfingers   Facebook —   / fixitfingers   🌏 Aussie Makers Group —   / ozmakers