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You folks have been great in helping me out with the basics. So I want to share some photos of my first project finished with the saw and a few other tools.
I wanted to make some shelves or a rack for all my stereo gear. I wanted it to be sturdy, but I wanted it to have a light, “airy” look, rather than be all heavy and thick looking. I drew out lots of designs, even made a template of a curved leg that I didn’t like, and then settled on this design, which I do like. Each leg has the sides rounded over, 3/4”. There is a gradual curve atop each leg, so it looks as though the curve flows from one leg top to the other. Each shelf has a camfered front edge. There is a 1.5” brace below each shelf in the rear. Overall, it’s about 4’ tall.
I also fashioned a few hooks for the back, on shelves 2 and 5, to hold cables in place. Just a little hook type of thing to hold the cables from all the gear. To try and keep the cable spaghetti under a little control.
It’s all Russian baltic birch. I used cheap wood because I was anticipating lots of mistakes for my first woodworking outing. The legs are made of 3/4” and the shelves are 1/2”. I already had tools, glue, polyurethane finish, etc. around from my subwoofer project. I used scrap wood and some of the birch ply here for making router jigs. The cost to me was something like $25 for a 5’x5’ sheet of 1/2” wood and then I used a quarter of a sheet of 3/4” ($38 for a 5’x5’ sheet), so something like $45 out of pocket.
It was quite a lot of work (for me, at least) to make this thing. I worked slowly and carefully. I’m happy with the results.
Here are the shelves all done:
Loaded up:
You can see the hooks in the back here:
The long view. If you squint, you might also see a DIY sub in the picture (hint: black tube…):
I wanted to make some shelves or a rack for all my stereo gear. I wanted it to be sturdy, but I wanted it to have a light, “airy” look, rather than be all heavy and thick looking. I drew out lots of designs, even made a template of a curved leg that I didn’t like, and then settled on this design, which I do like. Each leg has the sides rounded over, 3/4”. There is a gradual curve atop each leg, so it looks as though the curve flows from one leg top to the other. Each shelf has a camfered front edge. There is a 1.5” brace below each shelf in the rear. Overall, it’s about 4’ tall.
I also fashioned a few hooks for the back, on shelves 2 and 5, to hold cables in place. Just a little hook type of thing to hold the cables from all the gear. To try and keep the cable spaghetti under a little control.
It’s all Russian baltic birch. I used cheap wood because I was anticipating lots of mistakes for my first woodworking outing. The legs are made of 3/4” and the shelves are 1/2”. I already had tools, glue, polyurethane finish, etc. around from my subwoofer project. I used scrap wood and some of the birch ply here for making router jigs. The cost to me was something like $25 for a 5’x5’ sheet of 1/2” wood and then I used a quarter of a sheet of 3/4” ($38 for a 5’x5’ sheet), so something like $45 out of pocket.
It was quite a lot of work (for me, at least) to make this thing. I worked slowly and carefully. I’m happy with the results.
Here are the shelves all done:
Loaded up:
You can see the hooks in the back here:
The long view. If you squint, you might also see a DIY sub in the picture (hint: black tube…):
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