How To Build A Timber Bookcase

In this video norm teaches you how to build a bookcase.

How to build a timber bookcase. Design your shelving based on your available space. The first thing you will be working on are the two upright boards. Score the shims with a utility knife then snap them off flush with the bookcase edge. After all of the shelves have been put.

Make a list for your other materials supporting 1 x 2 strips x the length of your shelving. Add shims as needed. Cut the dado slots. We used gel stain and mixed five parts cherry to two parts red mahogany to one part special walnut.

Cut the wood to fit the design of the base box. To get instant access to bookase plans as well as plans for 16 000 other woodworking. There are photos diagrams a material list cutting instructions and building instructions in this bookcase plan. Hold a level vertically to check the bookcase for plumb.

Start putting the shelves in. Clamp the shelves together. Paint the bookcase if you d like or create the handsome antique finish we did. 1 x 12 lumber measuring the length.

This free bookcase plan from lee s wood projects will get you a simple but elegant bookcase that will last for years to come. Make a shopping list for your base frame. Let s say you wanted a solid oak bookcase but didn t have the four to six hundred bucks a retail store would want for one. Once the whole piece is plumb and level tap shims around the bookcase anywhere there is a gap against the wall to make sure the entire frame is tight in the opening.

We have fun with woodworking no matter what the project is but the most rewarding thing for us is making our own furniture. Two pieces of plywood form each side of the cases. Birch veneer plywood is ideal for building bookcases. Fill all the nail holes then sand and finish the bookcase sand the bookcase with 100 grit sandpaper followed by 150 grit.

Build a custom bookcase. Step by step woodworking plans making choices. How to build a simple bookcase diy project step 1. How to build a bookcase.