How to Hide Your Router - Router Cabinet

The broadband conncetion of my apartment is located directly beside the entrance door in a really small corrdior. The router was laying on the floor but I didn't want to put in on the wall because of all the messy cables, so I had find a way to rearrange.

I first measured the available space and decided that the router cabinet should have the following dimenions (width x height x depth): 700mm x 500mm x 100mm

Step 1: Step 1: Materials & Tools

Materials

1 osb-lay plate : 2.050 x 675 x 15 mm
nails for your nail gun
wood glue
paint
screws
washer
magncetic lock
3 x hinge
cable clip
masking tape

Tools

circular saw
nail gun
compressor
cordless screwdriver
screwdriver
paintbrush
sandpaper
laser cutter (optional)

Step 2: Cutting

I used a circular saw to cut the different pieces of the cabinet and to make the slots for the hinges (picture 2-5).

Step 3: Nailing

In this step I first used wood glue and then I nailed the different pieces together.

Step 4: Drilling and Saning

Altogether I drilled 5 holes. Holes 1-3 are cable grommets (diameter 20mm). One on the right side to lead the telephone cable from the outside to the inside of the cabinet and the others the lead the cable through the shelves.

Mention: Don't forget to drill the holes through the shelves before you nail the cabinet together. I missed it and it was really annoying to fix that problem!

Holes 4 and 5 are used to screw the cabinet on the wall.

After all this steps I sanded all the rough edges.

Step 5: Prepare the Hinges

15mm osb is a little bit tricky to handle if you want to screw some screws in it and so I decided to pre-drill all needed fastening points.

Then I marked the psostion of the hinges on the door and pre-drilled again.

Step 6: Painting

I started painting the edges and I used masking tape to secure the inside of the cabinet that shouldn't be painted.

After the paint was dry enough I installed the hinges.

Step 7: Installing the Router Cabinet

Now you just have to put the cabinet on the wall and organize the cables.

Step 8: Laser Cutting the Handle (optional)

Because of the white paint and the magnetic door lock I didn't want to open the door by pulling it. After a while the white paint would get dirty because of your hand perspiration. So I designed an almost invisible handle made out of agrylic glass by using a laser cutter.