I just freed up a whole lot of space by piling books behind my couch.
But, I figure a shelf for back here would be much better.
I've got some pieces from an old dresser.
And a couple of Ikea shelves.
And that should be most of the material for the shelves I'm gonna build.
Two of my boards were a little bit too narrow.
So, I'm gonna try to glue some pieces on there exactly flush.
And, hopefully I can keep that finished surface.
The two boards are exactly the same thickness.
So, by putting a clamp right across the joint
I'm forcing the edges to be exactly flush with each other.
So, I got 4 short pieces and 4 long pieces
to make 2 boxes. And, I'll use my screw advance box joint jig, of course.
I've got 2 of these boxes I still need to glue together.
But, before I do that, I want to figure out how I can get a shelf in the middle here.
And, I'm gonna join that in with fingers every 3/4 of an inch.
Which I'll, once again, cut with the box joint jig.
To help me cut this I made this scale with marks every 3/4 of an inch
where I'm not supposed to cut. And these are just
hand drawn because
the accuracy actually comes from the gear and stopping at certain increments.
And this scale is just to make sure, I don't lose count of my turns.
I now have a series of tenons. And they're supposed
to fit in a series of mortises, like this.
Except I still need to round the corners here for them to actually fit.
I'm gonna cut this series of mortises using
my slot mortising machine with a 1/4 inch bit.
And, I've got enough vertical range of travel that I
can cut the whole series of mortises across the wide board.
And to space them by 3/4 of an inch, I need to
turn this 16 teeth per inch threaded rod
12 times for each increment.
And to help me count the turns I've got this wheel on here, so
every time I turn this as increments by 1
I have 32 increments on this wheel. So, after turning this
by 24
once I turn it by another 12
it won't end up at 12 but it will end up
at 4. Which is basically
12 times 3 minus 32.
But, it will still help keep me getting off by 1.
Hmm. This one's a bit tight.
I chamfer the edge of it first so that I don't chip out
the wood as I exit on the chisel on the far end there.
The finish is a little bit harder than the wood.
So, it's totally possible
to scrape off the end grain without actually damaging
the finish in between. I put 3 coats of varnish on them.
Then also 1 coat on the surfaces that were already finished.
And now they're ready.
And they're nice and solid.
Try that with something made with pocket holes.
So, the idea is I can put these shelves
on top of each other to use as a conventional bookcase.
But in this application I'm gonna be putting them
side by side.
Shit.
Out of sight out of mind.