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Modern Stacking Bookshelves

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©2009 David Cox Photography

©2009 David Cox Photography

©2009 David Cox Photography

Photo: ©2009 David Cox Photography

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The construction is a 3D torsion box in that each wall is a separate MDF torsion box joined at the corners by half-lap joints. Then the frame was skinned with 1/4" Birch Playwood. Finally, I built some poplar face frames which are joined on the 45 with a biscuit. This face frame was glued and clamped to the box. I sanded, applied a stain conditioner and then stained them with oil-based stain. They were then rubbed down with paste wax. There is about 40' of white tube lights snaking behind the cabinets.

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Comments (4)

Chugwater writes: Congratulations to this furniture builder, this is very demanding work and talk about being square , this proves it.
Chugwater of Kentucky Posted: 8:45 pm on September 17th

lynxsg writes: This system has great artistic appeal. Lot's of work involved, but so it is with good woodworking. Posted: 2:31 pm on July 31st

protool writes: @Jurgen01: the rope light has clips which are screwed to the back of the cabinets in a consistent pattern. It would be pretty easy to rearrange the cabinets in a different pattern and then re-clip on the lights in the new arrangement.

Thanks so much for the kind comments.

You can see construction notes here:
http://bt3central.com/showthread.php?p=408082#post408082

dave Posted: 12:37 pm on July 8th

Jurgen01 writes: I like the concept of stacking shelves and you have realized the concept very nicely. The torsion-box construction yields the appearance of great solidity and mass, yet with less weight. Thus, the piece has an appealing architectural quality. I really like backlighting, too, because is adds dimension and visual contrast to the casework as a piece of art. (I infer this to mean that one cannot rearrange the shelves. I am just curious on this point because the shelving is already arranged perfectly.)

Great idea. Terrific work! Posted: 12:22 pm on July 5th

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