Fun To Build( pics)

[Richard in Smithville]

I saw this project in a copy of Canadian Home Workshop magazine that I bought at a yard sale a couple of years ago. I thought at the time that it would be a fun way to use up scraps. So here are the pictures of my coffee shelf.





These two pictures were in the shop and I was waiting for the finish to cure. Nothing fancy in the construction. It's all pine and the butt joints are held together with glue and screws. I cut out templates for the curved parts because I have a feeling this will not be the only shelf I make.





I hung it on the basement wall for a couple more pics. I used some older pine that was laying around and it helped to antique the piece. I appled a light brown stain and when it cured I brushed over with a coat of paint, which I sanded off in places when it dried.



This last picture was only a shameless plug for Doctor Who

Thanks for having a look.

[cgallery]

Very nice. Love the finish and the aged appearance.

[MilDoc]

NICE! I'd love to build that, but LOML refuses to let me replace the "coat hanger" she has in our utility room.....

[RayintheUK]

That's a great way to use up "scraps," as you put it - well done, Richard!

Ray

[cabinetman]

You're right, it probably won't be the last one. Nice work! How'd you get so much scrap that was so "clear"? And one more thing...pretty cool pegs...were those scraps too?
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[Pappy]

Great use of 'scraps'. I like the looks of the finish.

[Richard in Smithville]

Thanks guys. It was getting late when I posted this last night so I let the pictures say most of it. When I say scraps, really they were pallet wood shorts. There were loads of nail holes that I had to fill and I was able to stategiclly cut around most of the knots. The pegs were from a bag that LOML found at at charity shop some time ago and even the paint was left over from a room we repainted. The back panals were shorts from a decorating project. The only "new" stuff was the wood glue, a dozen screws, and two hangers.

[SARGE..g-47]

Very nice, clean lines and very functional. I also have a penchant for using scraps that many would discard.

Well done...

[Mr__Bill]

So.... you might say those wood scraps regenerated into something new,,,

[drillman88]

Very nice piece!
I am going to steal a little of the top design for a baseball trophy and bat display I am bulding for my son.
I use a lot of reclaimed wood from shipping crates we get at work.I couldn't afford to build as many things without this source of free lumber.

[LinuxRandal]

Looks good, but I don't see a Tardis key hanging there.

Why don't you use scraps to build a miniture Tardis to go with your collection?

[gsmittle]

Looks good, but I don't see a Tardis key hanging there.

Why don't you use scraps to build a miniture Tardis to go with your collection?

I think he had one but it disappeared...

g.

[John Hunter]

Very nice.