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you sir, are a fantastic wealth of knowledge.
I don't think I will need too much joint wise as the sides of this set up are going to be the walls so it's essentially going to be two shelves with a couple of non load bearing uprights to form compartments.
you have machine for mitred joints? I am jealous. I have a power saw and little else...
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Have a look at Richlite cascade boards, they look quite a lot like your example.
To cut long mitres like that I use a track saw, the Festool TS55 and join it using the domino. It's not always perfect though and with pre-finished board would be a sweat inducing job, at least with painted mdf you can fill any small gaps.
Airhead
Bit late to this one but check out the mitred join on those boards, that's how they get the grain to look right in the corners. It's tricky to cut the mitre at 90 degrees to the edge of the board and at 45 degrees. Then you have to join them with small biscuit joints. I do them with 4mm domino joints because that machine is specially set up to cope with long mitred joints.
It's a small detail but it adds a need for accuracy to the project. You're also hanging quite a bit of weight off the wall so you need strong fixings and remember that some people like to sit in the sink if there's no bidet!