Honey do project!

[Turaj]

My wife was after me for several years to build her a book case but I never seemed to find time for it. She finally threatened me that she was going to buy one of those pre-fab and I had to put it together for her . I had no choice but to build her one:



Nothing special in this one. It is about 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide with one fixed shelf (plus the bottom shelf) and three adjustable ones (can add more if needed). It is made of solid and plywood pine (as it is going to be painted). The major issue for me was making the back as she wanted some kind of bead board.



She is happy, so I figure I am safe for now

[toolguy1000]

so where are the pics?

[Turaj]

I uploaded the pictures again. Any better now? It looked fine here but I must have them in my cache.

[tommyt654]

Looks good Turaj, That should make her happy

[Pappy]

She is happy, so I figure I am safe for now

Looks great, Turaj, but the key phrase in "for now"!

[leehljp]

Very nice looking! Well done!

[chopnhack]

Looks great Turaj! What kind of finish is it going to get? Paint, clear cote, stain? I really like your choice of shelf adjustment. Did you cut them yourself or buy the ready made ones?

[Turaj]

Thanks guys for all the kind words!

Looks great, Turaj, but the key phrase in "for now"!

Don't I know it but that is OK! She has been amazing when it comes to buying tools .

Looks great Turaj! What kind of finish is it going to get? Paint, clear cote, stain? I really like your choice of shelf adjustment. Did you cut them yourself or buy the ready made ones?

It will be painted (I/we just ran out out decent weather and she wanted to use it right away) so I am thinking maybe milk paint but SHE will tell me . The shelf supports are shop made but I now know that Woodcraft sells them. I decided on this style as I think it is much stronger than typical pin style and these shelves going to have full load of books.

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Nice looking case. The shelf supports look really good and uniform. Any tips on making them?

- Lonnie

[dbhost]

Looking good! I need to either do a couple of those, or one really big one... The particle board from Office Depot is falling apart...

[LinuxRandal]

I have never seen that style of shelf support before. Normally anything heavy duty (shelves for computer/programming/algorithm books) I have seen metal brackets sunk in.
Have any links to the process as I would like to try that?

[Turaj]

I have never seen that style of shelf support before. Normally anything heavy duty (shelves for computer/programming/algorithm books) I have seen metal brackets sunk in.
Have any links to the process as I would like to try that?

Don't remember where I first saw the idea (definitely not mine) so no links, but I found it easy to make. Essentially, it is a strip of 1 1/2" with notches cut into it. They are exactly 1" apart and 1" deep. The angle is 40 (IIRC) so the tips are about 1/8 thick (did not want sharp teeth).

Nice looking case. The shelf supports look really good and uniform. Any tips on making them?

- Lonnie

Don't have a picture (can get one if needed) but used the SMT with some kind of indexing attached to the fence (hope I am making sense!). It took me awhile to set it up but it was extremely fast afterward.

And here is one from Woodcraft although a lot more expensive (I used 4 - 30" length for the upper and 4 - 20" for the lower part).

Hope this helps

[Shep]

Really like those shelves. Great work.

[billwmeyer]

Looks great Turaj! Thanks for the info on making those shelf supports. I have a 100+ year old bookcase that my wife bought at her dad's estate sale that uses that type of support. He used it as a kitchen pantry so I know it can take the weight. I have been going to try and duplicate them but hadn't gotten around to it yet.

Bill

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Thanks Turaj,

I cut shelf support notches for a china closet years ago with a circular saw. I shoulda used my SMT, but I believed the support to be too long. The results worked, but it ain't as pretty as yours! Next time I'll follow your example.

- Lonnie