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Thread: Recycling a Ladder
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7th December 2007, 01:54 AM #1
Recycling a Ladder
This is a simple project (made a little more complex by completing 99% with handtools). But it may interest some since it is the completion of the project I was busy with when I reviewed the Veritas plow plane.
A little background. About three years ago I built my son, then 12, a loft bed. He really liked this bed. However, time moved on (as it does) and he is now 15 and has outgrown it emotionally. So I decided to convert the loft bed into a Captain’s bed (= lower the legs and fill in with drawers). This is in process.
In the meantime my wife asks me to build a bookcase for his bedroom and I, of course, made a simple construction as complicated as can be by trying to be clever. Ah well, the intention was good.
It occurred to me that the ladder from the loft bed could be turned into a bookcase.
Here is another picture …
And a little detail …
I began the project by building a dovetailed carcass, Here it is at glue up …
This picture will be familiar (from the review) as it shows the dados with center divisions being fitted.
Using the Veritas Plow ...
... to create the dados ...
Some side detail …
The side uprights of the ladder were curved with a fretsaw and then faired with a spokeshave. Here they are with the template I made to mark the same curve on each side.
Finally, this is what the bookcase came to look like. I think that you can just recognise the old ladder integrated into the front.
And attached with French Cleats above my son’s desk (his bedroom has never looked this tidy before!!).
Thanks for looking.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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7th December 2007, 02:08 AM #2.
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Great design and workmanship Derek. Looks so cool as a bookshelf i bet it will be copied.
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7th December 2007, 01:27 PM #3
Terrific work Derek. Pleased to see someone else uses pine. so many woodworkers underrate it but I think with the right treatment as you have done here, it looks great.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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7th December 2007, 01:45 PM #4
French cleats.http://www.askthebuilder.com/French_Cleat_Video.shtml
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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8th December 2007, 11:46 AM #5
Some people just don't understand how complicated a "simple" request can be.
Great conversion and I like the way the theme of the room fits together.
Well worth all that extra thought and effort.Scally
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9th December 2007, 08:27 PM #6Skwair2rownd
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Old ladder
I'm always impressed with ingenuity, especially when combined with recycling. Tremendous result.
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