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Wall hung shelf

July 25th, 2009 in The Gallery     
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Curly maple shelves, Saskatchewan birch with black gesso support


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Don Kondra
posted in: The Gallery, bookcase, shelf
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Comments (6)

PVC12 writes: Hi Don,

I love this beautiful piece. Far and away my favorite shelf! Paul Posted: 11:54 am on August 2nd
donkondra1 writes: The center support has a 3/4" x 3/4" dado cut down the middle of the back. After the support is shaped, it is cut apart and reassembled by screwing through a member made to fit in the dado groove. The shelves also have a notch to fit the member.

The support starts off as a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 25" blank, it's cut at a 25 degree angle and tapers to 2 3/4". The top and bottom are also cut to ~ 15 degrees.

The shelves are 7/16" thick -

24" x 5 1/4" tapering to 4 3/4"
22 1/4" x 5" tapering to 4 /12"
20 1/2" x 4 3/4" tapering to 4 1/4"

The long ends are cut at 5 degrees, the narrow ends at 10 degrees.

The back has two keyhole slots to fit over two screws installed in the wall. I have no doubt you could load this up with books and it would be fine...

Cheers, Don Posted: 7:14 pm on July 28th
w1zer writes: Really nice Don, can you tell us a bit more about how they are made? Will they stand up to moderate\heavy loads or are they for lightweight items? How did you join the support to the shelves?

Thanks Posted: 7:11 am on July 28th
donkondra1 writes: Thank you gentlemen :)

Cheers, Don Posted: 6:18 pm on July 26th
John_Barclay writes: Don:
A great solution and beautifully simple. Really a nice effort.

John Posted: 5:16 pm on July 26th
Burlshard writes: Sssweeeet shelves Don...I love the figured birch shelving!

Jim in sunny warm Florida.

Vaseturner.com Posted: 11:09 pm on July 25th
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