Walnut, Beech, & Bamboo Bookcase

Listing #3432 Listed on: 09/13/2011 Company Name: http://www.oldgreenwoodworking.com
Name: Matt Presley

After three or more years of my wife threatening me that she was going to Ikea to buy herself a bookshelf, I finally got around to knocking this together for her birthday this year.

Built entirely out of shop scraps and a leftover sheet of bamboo ply it stands just a little over 6' tall and is about 5' wide.

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steve

Matt,
Judging by what is on the bookshelf it looks more like it is for you than for the wife. It is a very nice looking, functional piece - good job.

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Matt

Thanks Steve, my stuff got booted off shortly after the photos were taken.

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Jeremy t

Hey, don't they have one of them book cases like that in the Ikea catalog? :)

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jamie

I love the complexity and simplicity mixture....well anyway, when I can't come up with a good description that's a good thing.

I'd "steal" that design if I knew my kids wouldn't try to climb it. Great job!!

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Josh

Absolutely stunning. Curious if you used a design or just built it custom. Really nice. And yeah, my kids would climb it too!

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rusty borders

Simple, intellegent unique design. I like it a lot, How did you fasten the shelves to the stand.

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rusty borders

Simple, intelligent and unique design. I like it a lot. How did you fasten the shelves to the stand?

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Matt

Thanks Rusty,

The shelf frames are all let into a dado on the legs and the glued and screwed from the inside. The bamboo panel just floats in a rabbet milled around the inside of the beech frame.

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