Shelf-Building Time

[thedogowner]

I've roped liz into participating in my latest project which is to build a 10 foot wide section of shelving across a wall in the office that allows us to place the dog crates underneath it and will have enough shelf space for the too-many books that I own

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[mckennl]

Update #1

TDO is cursing and troubleshooting (she only has a 24-inch "rip" capacity on her tablesaw, which is "pretty good" but bigger than the piece of wood she's "ripping." Or something).

Just for the record, I brought ALL the wood in from the garage and the truck.

[mckennl]

Yay! She cut the first piece despite the rip thingie. I think she jury-rigged something with a clamp.

Did I mention how I brought in all that wood? That was a lot of wood.

[grebby]

I know exactly what Liz is talking about with the "rip thingy." Wouldn't you love one of those panel saws? But your own table saw! I have tool envy.

[mckennl]

When you've used some kind of drill thingie to plunge a screw into pine, there are two things you might notice. One is that the screw is really hot. Another is that hot pine smells nice.

She's got half of the base of this thing done. She just used some cool drill accessory to cut out a circle in a piece of wood for cable to go through.

Very impressive.

[goingferal]

I wanna see pictures.

Say Liz, you brought ALLLLL of the wood into the house?

[mckennl]

Thanks for asking, Stinky! Yes, yes, I did. All of it. That was a lot of pine.

UPDATE: Due to the rip thingie being too short, this last piece of wood was 1/8th of an inch too big. This led to the Hunt for Red Skil Sander. It turned out to be in the backseat of the Hatchback, the third car which is -- naturally -- buried in snow. But TDO retrieved it and she's currently --No! SHE JUST FINISHED SANDING and now this new piece is tightly in place. Oh. What a sweet little fit.

Pictures

[mckennl]

Picture One

Picture Two

Done for Today

[thedogowner]

We're done for the day. Stick a fork in us.

Liz has run off to make chutney. I think.

I'm mentally planning how I'm going to run power from the outlet (which is below the first shelf) up to the upper area. I think some judicious use of power strips and small holes in the shelving will suffice.

A sliding compound miter saw might work better than the table saw for this particular project because most of the cuts that we're making are < 24 inches.

If ennyone wants to get me one for Xmas, they're about 600 bucks. ;)

Re: Done for Today

[thedogowner]

EDIT: GREATER than 24 inches. Not less than.

Re: Done for Today

[mckennl]

YAY! DONE FOR TODAY!!!!

Yeah, chutney, frozen pizza, whatever.

Re: Done for Today

[mckennl]

Note: I just made two kinds of chutney, green and red.