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10th January 2020, 12:31 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Help with wall hung book shelf
Hi all,
I have a general question about making a U shaped wall hung book shelf with keyhole plates.
The nephew plans to make this book shelf with two side walls and a bottom shelf (3 pieces) out of excess 22mm thick wood leftover from one of those bunnings bench tops (may be Karri). Length of bottom shelf is 690mm, width 250mm (not including two side walls which it will join onto (250mm length x 250mm width)). He doesn't want to see any screw holes, nail holes etc. Wants it to be seamless.
Question is, does this sound feasible with biscuit joints? Thinking could do parallel biscuit joins to increase overall glue area but still not sure if this will sustain a great deal of weight if fully loaded up with kiddies books. Thinking also would be safer to have a back piece to brace side walls together and stop flaring in/out.
Any suggestions or direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all,
Ashley
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10th January 2020, 04:58 PM #3Intermediate Member
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Hi Graeme,
Thank you for the tip. Certainly will look at that.
Cheers,
Ashley
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10th January 2020, 06:35 PM #4
The Shakers did hanging wall shelves and there are many copies around if you google them. With one shelf only it might be reasonably sound if built with dovetails to join to the sides to the base, but two shelves would probably be better to keep things square. Something like this.
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10th January 2020, 06:54 PM #5Intermediate Member
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Thanks Fuzzie,
Was thinking of dovetails. I have a Gifkins dovetail jig I've never used that he could borrow. Might have a bit of practice on some scrap first to make sure it's a go.
Cheers
Ashley
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