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Alter t he ~ O lUmJ1, 5r e c omp le te. w o rk < al

Ix gin on

th o g l L < ,.OCK .SL.'ll1.w ork on the fO U

frames by ( 'U l li n g all the stiles lid rail

from

stock to

Io/I~'

sqeare.N(I\~'cu

eight .til~ (B l to rough length uf IZ

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cu t four s i de nlil~

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to

ruuj...

length of

6 and

fo ur d oo r rails

(ill

to

multh

length

on r .

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Before miw ing the

Iran,.. piece. to fin.l length. 1 routed rnb

b\'ls fo r the glass on the back edges wilh a

:--trai){htbit.

see

P~ig.6.

'n o

k,',p the bit

from

chiPI)ing

out

th e

e'I,,, sexlsurjace. rout intwo passes.

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f'h e f rn m < .. (Shop No te : T h e d i me n i ~n

1,'; . lI . Fi):. 7 are hat we noor ied to hol

l i l t' beveled gl :. . . It ', ; besr

to

order th e g la ss

liM:utd

Itt

the frames

to

fillh. gill';.,.)

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W

cut

to length. glue aaeh

frame

together

e h..e ki n g a ll th e e er ne rs f or 'I'IlU'e.

SPUNE.

T o

strengthen lhe milt'. . I add

(. (1an open sp lin e across each corner, 10d

this, hold the frame firmly in a holding jig

and cut a single kerf at each corner, se

Fig. S. No \\ c ut s pl in e s Lh ('th ic kn e ss oC ti l

kerf and glue one into each corner, see Fig

9. (For a complete explanation on makin

thisjoint.:'.

II KJ(/.,,,, i / l , No, :16 .)

Next. I

u.''\tally 1'\\'

o ff t he 1 .lTS o f t I.

spl ines

d_to

the ftam e an d then san d ,,

c hi se l th em level. H ut w ith 16 sp lin es t

elesn up. I decid ,lto try a n ew 3 Pp ro w:h .

Firnt

I sa we d th e c an ; o ff c lo se a s u su al

BU l th en I moun ted a flush tr im bit in th

'UW table and routed

lh e spli n es o rr flush

se e Detail in F ig . 9. Ibpre ent chi ut

l Oulf rnm th e c or n er towa rt l t be t 'n l ~r .)

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Olll the hplinllS8l> O u . < h with

th e

fnunc~

c ut th e o olum n .q

It.lhe

s am e fi n ished l en~-

as

th e

frames

(11-).

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th e

columns ar

glu('(lto the sides of th e frames,

SPUNE';. T o h elp l in e up th e

column

an

.ide frames, I added alignment spl ines. T

do this. cut a

-deep kerf centered on th

width of each side frame. see Fig. to

Then. without changing th e sa w. CUL. ker

in

O)tt'

side of each co lumn with the insid

(9I'r) comer against , th e fen ce. see F ig. II

Now

cut.pIU1L 'S

to

fit th e k erfs. _

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bookend. 1b make it functional, a

plate isadded lo the bottom orthe

base

to

complete the

-1

shape.

One end of t his plate is co vered by

th e books. The IIlhel' en d is re

cessed into the

base.

MATER 1 ,1.. The trick. of

course. is

l< J

m ake the plate Lhin

enough

to Slil) under the book .

After trying several materials, I

settled on two: plastic laminate

and I-l-gauge sheet brass, see

Sol l l < lc page 24.

RECESS BASE.

No matter

\\ 'hi~_hmaterial is used, it t easier

locullhe recess

first

and then cut

the plate to

fit

the recess.

S.I:. I'OEPTH.

To

do

this,

use

aVo

(or

1 3 I J 1 ; e r

straight. or mortising

bit in

th~ ,uter table.

Adju5lthe

router so the bil sticks up above

the

table the

thickness of

the

plate.

see

Fig. 4.

S~ I' FENCE. Then to rout the

''

x 3 recess. I set up the router

table using the fence and two stop

blocks. 1b establish the length of the ....-

cessset the fence2 awa~'f,'Omthe far sid~

ofthe bit, see Fig. 5.

S ' 'STOPS. Then stops are used to con

trol the width, I elampedplywoodscraps to

the

router

table so their edges were4

front

either side of

lh e

bit.. Then. I

routed

the

recess, w;ing the fence and stops to c(J1I1 . r01

the limits of the cuts

ee

~'ig. 6.

CU'.AN UP CORNER s. AlWr the ree'( S. e

12 )w it h book s

on woodworking. I realized I

needed some bookend, tomaintain

order. That, when it dawned on

me how scarce really good

bookends are.

ry e _

lot.s

of

good JI okiI l IJ

bookends, But. there's more to a

good

bookend than

good

looks. It

has a h ro \ )

'..,;ponsibiUL),

and

has

to b E desiJmed to ho ld up .

NOT A MATTEROF MASS

N o m auer how big the books a re. a

b oo ke nd d oe sn 't have

to be

mns

sive to do it>;job.Design. not bulk.

is the key. The trick is

\0

let the

books supply the weight to hold

themselves up.

The easiest w~IY to make a

bookend that work.~ is t.o evaluate

why typical bookends - both

heavyweight.< and lightweight>;

falldown 01 1 the job.

HEAVYWEICHT.

Bookends lhat

rely

01 1

weij,oillhave to

be

huge to work. If ofan upside down

4 '.

you have the

you take a book out. even .h e heaviest shape. sec Fig. 2.

bookends

\\;0

slide when the library leans.

T he T -s hn pe

works because part of the

LlGHTWEIGHT. The moot common ti (ht- base plate is under the books. This turns

weight bookends are Lshaped, see Fig. the hcesw~lhvr.

T-SHAPEI)BOOKENDS.

The bookend de- Now: To provide clearance for

the

rtlut~r

~ign that does the trick is a modified ver- bit when routinJ1;a base plate recess, ccun

sion of the L-shape. fyou extend the base terbore the screw holes %., see LklaiIIJ.

with a base plate to give th e bookend the BASE

Pl.ATE.

This produces b~,,;c

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MASONITE BACKING. To support the

1'IGUItI.

plate all the way lO ~he edge during saw-

r : : : : 4-l

ing, [ backed it with I,j.' Masonite. Ib do

~~

this. I used a couple strips of carpet tape to

.

stick the

plate

to the Masolute. see ~1g.

7.

S l t C K

CUT TO SIZE. Now eut the plate and

I

/

a. nite

to

.i7.eon the table saw. Begin by

lIawing offone side to make sure one edge r

. .

of lhe plate and Masonite is even. BASE

r

Shop Nole:

Bra ,

is very soft and iseasy

'tAlt

I

DElAJlB

to cut with. carbide-tipped saw blade. see

~E

If8.x 11/ fb

Sources. page 24.

~

w o o r -

Next. set the fence

to

the width of th~

U

1

recess in the base, With the (n,shly-(;ut

A S E

. . . .

. . . . , .

edge against the fence, rip the plate 10

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oro 1 H : < l t 1tl I

t

hc~(' I.-'T()o\e~.begiu by

Itx'ating the-

f( fltt- I 110

1.\V ~y from the

lillISIff

f ttK ~ t.latll'. t 1 S l a . r measure

n...

111

i- ,

lUll) 10 IIw

thirknE* of th~ hack

f rumc .

,til...

,f r

10

)C>tail

ill

Fig .

.l,)

Now

cut a

t/ ..

decp I:rf .'n the fact of lh(: rear

~I.

or til\' ,;pk.rfth~ le~h ofthew ork pie ce , N ow

nip it end fo r end and make a second pass,

This

pnxtUCl ' s ,

a centered groove.

SIDE GROOV~;S.

Arter

cut t ing

the

gI OO\'(>S

on the inside edges, another ~et

o r

grooves is eut tojoin the back frame to the

side frames. These

gn>O\C S

arc cut on the

inside fill:eof the real' stiles IA Ionthe 1\\0

side fram es. see F ig. 4 .

TOP R A IL

@

T he pru blem w ith h orn e h b ra ri es L

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SACK

F R A M E

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STOI ' I 'ED D O V E T A I L

D E T A I L

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SIDE

F R A M E

I.PfA T PlOCESS

10 WIOfN OItOOYt

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tINTml>

01 < sroqt

AGUU'2 HmCUT

JUGHl r t Off

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W OOO SM ITH

I '

C UT T HE TONGUES

Aner the grooves are cemplete. CUlth~

tonJ1l1e.. CUI

these rabbets on

the

edge o( the stiles S(1

1M tongues will

li t

the groove>et lh, '

fence .~. from the center of the bit, ~

D e ta il in ~'ig.. Then clamp a stop block

II>(,tulh(' leli of t he c en te r of th e bit. :md

CUI

the ) T O O . in the leli Irame. see Fig. 7.

Afte, cutting the groove 0 11 the 1~1\

frame. move the block to the other side of

the bit and repeat the c ut f rom the opposite

< li J 't-}( tionon the

light

frame.

Shop Note: Alier making these cuts,

don'l change the setting on the bit, You

need

it to

CUl

the

d o\'c ta ilL O n g ue s o n lh e

ends of t il e f ro nt apron later,

HW' HOLES.

1\,

complete the frames

befure

assembly .

J

d rille d h ole s for the

sheJfpins that support the eentersbelr, see

~'ig. 6. (For more on shelf hardware and

tecbnlques. see page Ill.)

These holes are spaced every 2 Harting

7W up from the bouom of the frame. and

are centered

v,, '

from the ns

edge ofthe

.ule, see ~ iIJS.4 :mrl6.

ASSEM BLE PA NELS. F in ally. the three

fra me an d p ane l a sse mblies call be glued

up. A I was gluing up the frames, I glued

the plywOOdpanels into the frame grooves

(or maximum ,tabili ty.

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THl FRONTAPRON

After the plywood panel.' w ere g lu ed in to

t he (names , I tarted work on ~hefrol1~

apron I

that

ru ns a cro ss

th e

WI

of th

bookcase, r ef er to F ig . 12 .

CIJ] TO SIZ E . 'fu make the ap ron, b egin

by

cutting p ie ce o (

414

stock

2

wid e. s ee

F ig. S. T he length of this

piece

e qu al s t he

sb oulder-to-shoulder length of the b ac k

frame > 101 in clu din g th e to ng ue s). p lus

( for the two y, , -

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Shop NOle:The

01 f rame

hangs over the

13

esse

Y o

0

onthe sides and front. so i(should be

-j

1Vl

I

rtlMSTltIP~

. . -

-

uilt :y, deeper and 11/2'wider than the

. . . .

. .

outside dimensions of the assembled esse,

I

i1

to

j. -

The boItolll

frame hanj(Sover

1 .

so it $hooId

fMME@

,

SlOE

be 10deeper by Z wider than the ease.

13

,

PANE l .

EDG IN G

EDGING STRIP. Before making the

ROIJ

. , . (~4-owooD

0

mitered frame, the grain on the back edge

INGTH

J-

of the plywood i~covered with a YoNthick

-

trim strip. Rip this strip

fromtl~

tock and

LV~

r

. : . _ : -,

WIlenit la lit(J

wanted to make fancy profile with a v

r - .

,;Y~ {

~

-I

.'I1'AL

TO UCH.

1b complete the profile.

J

~~

routed a small COve on the shoulder of the

COU8()

lin

ro un d o ve r u sin g a V c o re bo x bit in the

router table. see ~'ig. 17.

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BASE

Witht he ba si c cabinet complete. J wus r eady

to m ak e th e

base.

The b as e

i~

a

fMIIIW

eined

with splined miter joinl-> .

curro SIZt:.To begin making the base,

rip414stock to:r wide (or the front, back.

and sides. Then cut the sides (Qlto a rough

length o( 12 h and the

front,

and back

pieces

(I'Ho.

rough length

0(38\.page 22.

CL ATS. Now dry-clamp lh~ b llWto

gether and me ure

th e

distance

bel

ween

Ole rabbets lo determ ine the length of the

cleats (R). Then out lh. cleats to size. see

Fig. ll .

ASSEMBLE BASE.

The base fram e is as

sembled by gluing the corners together

with the splines in place. Then clamp the

base \lith

a band chimp. \Vhile the glue is

still wet, glue the cleats in place. (The

cl~ah' help pull the base

frn_

square

befol'e

the glue

dries.)

MOm-'T BO'l'l'OM FRAlIIE.

While the base

isrlrying,

the bottom plywood frame can

be

fastened to the case, To clothis, turn the

case upside down and align the bottom

fram e on it, se e Fig. 2 1. M ru'k een te rlines

on the frame and on the ease to align th e

two. (For more on this technique. see

Ta lk ing Shop .

page 22.)

N ow d rill pilot hole ; IIlId counterbores

through the bottom frame 0. six No.8 x

1'1.,

woodscrews. and glue

an d

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MOUNT BASE .RAME.

NO the base

MAKE THE SHELF

bottom of lh~ shelf.

frame can he mounted. To do this, drill BUu.... OSEPIECES.B.fOl making these

pilot holes and drive No. S x

11 .

With the

bookcase

essentially complete, all

lhJ et

pieces.

cut ~ .

x Y .

grooves

en

the

weodscrews through lhe cleats into lh~

lh.,t'S needed is a shelf. I wanted a trim- [rOlltedge ,milbottom surface of the shelf.

plywood bottom. see Fig. 22.

looking ,heif that I V . . . . . dy to ..

.u-ry

the see Fig.

2:~.

Then rip rwide trips and cut

~IOUNTTOP.

Next. the top frame can be

h.,..

viest

h brary. rabbets to produce a tongue

(Inone edge to

fastenedon.Thisi~ade e a . o ; y b y themetal PLYWOOD

SI :I ~

'1 '

make the heir. I

match lhe width 31.d depth of tI ,

g 1 < ) < J \ ' c . > .

table top

fasteners.

To

use

the fasteners.

started \\;th a piece or ',' Illywood and see Step I in ~'ig. 24.

lay the lop Wdf f iC upside d,)\ , n. and place added reinforcement on the front ed~ and Tocomplete these strips, rout a bullnose

the case upside down on

it.

the bottom surface, see Fig.

2 : 3 .

1)'Vllleon the other

edge,

twith.

If:

round-

C:ll'efuUy center tho ease on the toll

REII IFORCEM F.NT.

Ocncl'aUy, I would over bil >'\,; high). :'(' St('I' 2. Finally.

Cram .

C U se centerlines

w ulign

the 1 0.

havejust addeda bullnose st rip to the front glue the strip into position,

se C ThllclngShOI page 22.) Then slip the

ofthe ~helfto make itstiffer; But this time FlNlsH.l.taine

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-c-.c

-

SC I t(W IC Il PS

SHWIN

- IC( ~un:4.;'l .

, Ic , (- I: I I Ju ,t

fit

lute) h~,k:1'Odrilled

inlcl tht-

1 J . : ' l . t , 2-1 It'

II,Nt

l~rl\.ll.i\~han a metal

Slt

I,,,,,,.( l... t.itk ts) ..t; II~I;I UII(I t'l tlL '4idt' ra I11) 'c leaner loclk ing .

(It's th I)lll I Jl the nxht111ths- phuto.I This

~lnll

f i { 1 ; lllttl

JI

).,'1 '1\'(' In

the ~}{ I or

the

( '1IOill(t. but ,1(1(1It 0.'('41 an,' nail...Ctt

KY'1'\\ ~ tll

) l . ; J l t l

u III 1113

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I'OCIII1

o ..-r$0Vt1

oowu ....

an

I N

S lO T A ND POCJ(ET

S lSTVo \

HYIRID SYSTI:M

Aft r l1 . '' '' I ': h It

(,.>

. 1 ' )

3Ir .Ull .'i'tt.11l W C : l (It, L,

and

he:.: : .Iikf

t

m f)...um.

but

tll

a,>pIit. -d t

lh e fno't .. I~

fiNAL THOUGHTS

) hr.1 ...,' helf ,~iJd ,,1d.,w

w l t h h f k :, ,IIKI ~UI. ' ' ' l r tt '( t t),) 'Ul~ C J f ~

:.h,l(

,.Ul'I)()rt,...

It l,ukllw ea...).

t ., l:

l ,'''~m..,1

11111.11

,(th .,.. .helf Y lcm;an:

1>; . .1 on , h , a r ,1 'llj .oth. KnaPhorto( t h, front

of th e .hdf. i l w on 't Ix' seen, Another

m ethod to ('IUlt't'Jilthl' ~ lu l w o uld

be

L f. , 'O

.11Ih. \\,lIy thr u~h and then cover lhe

rrunt

t 'CtJ . : '~ wuh

n

rUt ,

~ tril l, se e t'il{.

5

t ,\

'hen U IIIK ply Ix)Cl. 1e l l this anvwav. )

p i , ( _ ( _ (If M , . , ' 1 . Ju

t

rut a ~tnpo

fi t

into r . h t . ~

eabine anf' clrill tht h(lle:- \\ herever

w~ ,

C ' t ft . . t

J 1 K o

llnlllOrt.anl thlnJ

i...

hat )'00

u . . . . . e

th~

. ,, , . .. . l nl l I ' ,. I.

for

all

the

I e : - and

that

t h e >

d ri ll l .' I1 i < < .a1 a~.

e . .. .. .

I. . .IIIu. ln g ; .n F- It'llt r

rnaChUlil'ol~ l 1~1

.lrill bit, ~

$oun ...:-;.

l\ iJ t> ~ I,

\o f- I,il

1:-.

.tM)'f

lar~er

in

.Iianltt(r lhull

It .-

hil,

T h t n l( t ., 1 Pi I'iUJ1})()rtl I'\'e tK ~ n U :O O ln~

a )' t ' a lo t I : u : o < i , '

tf l

ICl t i l \ a n t i

ou t Ilf

a n . . ~ ~. .

.;o.;i.1Allnl ,.

Allrl II,ave'n',

I h lt ii t .. t an~ '

pn,b-

1( ,1lU' \\itl,

l,r) II1~III l(,.,r

fIUI.

WIR[ SUPPORTS

The , , ' nne .(' r I ' . . ,

, ,1 1 < 1 f h:ml ,,,,,

that's

~rth fllt111'f.'lIltg. Thl') n. \L..u.all)'

ralk,1 S 1

< I I

I

vie ,, ,.

' UJ irt.-.' tl

J:lK.... tIM mwnal ideltcrune from:;weden.)

It..'T 'AIR.

l 1 M . *

8~...

temron.~~

of

a

b f. rl t p ll . l ,\ ,

f

Win

l}w

f iL '

into ~

CJf

hoi a k . .. .the hul,., . for Ih pin ,tyl~ 1>

poN) .lnll,,1 Inl.. th< .ide of t h e > rabin~l.

~ f

~i Th .

ht ' l f

~It.:-.n

lQI '0r lh~

y.;rt

r th, ct.1 uf Ih. ,h. lf .. ..u\ be . lo t l< :

i.

s u l I J l y

.Ion,,).

th~

,helf won't

huhl II.

m u d , wei (l't 1 J < , ( a U S < >

th~.... ,...I y Ih, ,mall h aho\'p the ,1,,1

-UI'I

rtln~

h~

~h,lf.

_ .

:-Iflt' f

t il t-

('31.1 1'1

It '..

a J : - o o

a

\\8 V

of~ttinr

a

httl< . . I

for

~I book s

or ......

ni-

10..1. th' f .

t

The bottom of Ow , 'If

n ' '-' '

b o . Ix ''''

m

t1w b.... t.nulbMo

il.) nut th,. U,... ,,,,,,,, IIarr_nent L

m ilk , a nlhnl( ~ 'I1 idc ( ,m pit '< .~

of

, , twgl\(); lJ (I . ~ tlt

Iilt, -I,

I ' he h o le s ill nlf) l

1l t . gbt .u , l l lIx K' lI l ,,1 1llllart.

10 m ak a

11I '1(1 , , ,nI

Ir il l J.,'llidl .

cUI.

5

,,, ~ .tnl) n r

1 .'I M gb oanllo I h( '

I~ngth

of

tht' c.tl , tll t t ,(ll. ):,;,u clt.'l' ha\'(t to ~ 3)] ( , f

th,' h I . , lhe I 1. ,,,1. In .0000 ,t ,, h

n' n,,

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Ho\\ '

Inuch

sa)t

is

t oo n m ('h '

)OUI

c )'e \\'il1

.l3I1.

to _ a deOection (sa)r) of niJ(lut ~

l1l'rrunning

( I.

For e,ample. if .hvlf b

: Ii'

long, it sh ,dllll'l

>ag mort '

tmu, ' '.t

th e

C'C.llte)~

That

meal) $.a

I/H~ag ,, 'ould 0 0

acceptable. but a

> / ,. sag

would becomevery

Ilaticeable.

SOME TESTS. Before building lh~ book

c a . e

for this i sue. I did S

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A lU M IN U M ST RIP U N D E R N E A TH 3 f> '

M O l D IN G S T lU P S U N O E R I \ I A T H 36

1W ID E FA a STR IP O N ED GE

36

t 'I , W lO f F AC E S TR IP O N SID E 32

'to P lY WOOD RB NFOR Cm W ITH:

' f A

P A R n CL f B O A R D

24

1.

PI YW OOO

30

,1,.,5000 STOCI(

36

,~(l'f'. )5OOOSTOOC 6 j

M A X I M U M S P A N R K O tN o IE N O A J lO N

F OR 10 WID E SH Elf F Ull OF BOOf(S

Rr.lI'i~(lIU t.~tt:N1:i rWl~. l fyou anttu

Intn>W\( tl'e :..pan.

~'I'U

1tn aflclrvinroh. ....

m nt to

I'NiUCl

thtl'

;ut1(.iuntor

. :.tljlt.

COlfll: .lI'iES.

Thking all four

rn cto ,

Into

cc-lll~111lnltion.he chart Jlfl\\b-t Qm{~n

,..1,..

1

....,Jlflllil\C~

ur

lhi: mJl:\imum

~Jnln

or

'tl...v(>S.o a\ oid an objoCtioriable-~.

The mns( pr:)cticaJapproach I . to ,, -114

:,t'JCk. or ply\\'ood \\'ith tl inCorcemettl.

TN.- \\ill I 'rodun' $hel ,o< \\ith ntiniruwlI

l'al(

an d

the best isu,,1

9JlI ll 'ar:lIIct '

If )'-t.,

d.

I > C n ' b e d in this article.

I

W8Jlt,'(I to dCllywoorl

.hplf.

It

N ~f (l :1b .:\11 t

1,.1:

which

w as

riJ..,rill:IL the I .

J C o r fUlL nil....

BOOhC...

St:

StfELP.

ThL. method of rei

It..

furecm-nt wa s the .3\' 1 decided t build

til ,hI If ,in the h o o k , . . _ . Th. shelf

i.

I ,J )wood (: - ;CJ il \\ o n'l be a...likely L tl warp ur

expand nr eoutract), and there's a bullnose

rntthlulg :oln l t (I n the front l'(lge - nlnsll~,

tn '~ tIl,..

o I

tlw p ly wo od l ay er ,.

- 'Q r

.tirf

Of',' I .IeI , ,1 lw a bulln ~p rpinforctn,:

strip to tilU P I~,rt tak,'S up M e lf S I ,( :,

but it , 'JUt lw fit int.-,~I ~rroo\',( 01 in the

bottom (I( the .helL

I ltie.

Anoth.r solution

is tv intl'lill.'Wh~ thiekne>:.,

I'

thl

'hdf. A

lhitker ~helf\\ ill Ih1U1l3Li( ~ lJyinert'us. th

hell''' rigiclil~',If~'o\l

double

th~ thickn '.

f o t exampl f ', }IOUC31 1 (.I(lu(etile ~ '\g to OllC

eighth

of

the t>l'iginal.

To test thi. I cut a piece (If G o t (It,

thi~k) \\'hite oa.k t.othe Slml' dimen~l(,n:;

and ad weight. it w(i l ll d finitely

AAj .

B ut

if

)'(lU

tiPIll 'Ci thl

SWlll

2x4 I ' I l u g . ,Old

added Lh~ eight. there \\'ould be '~r~littl.

ilIlj '.

ItAC~STRIP ONEDGE. 'rile $o1me tlri 1 lci

pip 1'i>Ii.~if

you

acid

faL'

strip on edge 10

the fronl of a h~lf.

To

lest

no w

much this

h~lp

a

,,1 ),w 1 shelf, I add(>d a P/'wide

v.rtical , lnp of4,4 aak.tock to the front of

th. plywood . elf and

m ,,ured

the

g.

W ith ou t (h I' sttil> the p lyw oo d

l i I Ig g c . C

') .

Dut ith th e ertit-al fadnl(.lIip. itSlljOi 'od

un))'.,.. , ~e chartUbc:I\'('-.

RO f tlZ O '< 'TAL t'A C t; STR tR \\'h a t bout

lI t1 din g a h Olv Jln ta l lid (a ce strip to the

front of the plywood .h.lr. It ('Overs the

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lb m a ke th e s to pp ed e ha mf er . j u st

I ( l j u . s t

th e d ep th o ( ~ '\It. Th e end of th e gu ide w ill

m ain ta in a u nifo nn c ha m fe r a nd

will lOpit

:V .

froo} the COmcl~.

T he p rim ary fu nc tio n o ( th is g uid e i~ t he

.< :l lne :L .'than the

f in is he d d imens io n you want f rom t he -(eet

to the ifl8idv

M g(t Q ft he p l'< 1 fi ko .h en . w it h

the feet re

much

1 ' ' '< ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ''

1 < . '

, ,,,le d to

MId lh. I , 'I ' : l(I ;uo.,t th,' (rJlC('.

' f u l l

mueh

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