Finished shelf for my niece


Pwalter5110

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My sister asked me to build a shelf for her daughter. I had ran across articles about "A" shaped shelves and searched for plans for a "K" shaped shelf and couldn't find any to save my life.

 

I decided to design one in sketchup instead. It is about 3 ft tall. While building it, I realized I couldn't find directions because this has been hands down, the most mentally challenging thing I have build. I am sure this is a walk in the park for a lot of people on here, but there are A LOT of angles, and angled joinery than Needed cut. 

 

For most of the joinery, I used 1/4" splines the length of the miter. I also used rabbets and dowels on some parts of the joinery.

 

I finished this a while ago. The deal was, I build it, and my sister painted it. After about 2 months of waiting to get a picture I realized it would never get painted if I didn't do it myself. About a month ago I painted it, and now I am waiting for my brother in law to hang it on the wall. Maybe in a year or two it will be hung :)

 

 

 

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Here is the finished piece 

 

 

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Looks great ! All those angles came out well. Now your next step would be curves, maybe a " S " shaped bookcase?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now haha :)

With my wife being pregnant, IF we were having a boy, I was going to go for a "C" shaped shelf.

But we are having a girl so an "A" shaped shelf is next.

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