Kids Book Rack
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Nice project. What Festools did you use in the project?
Peter
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Very nice project indeed. This would make a great Christmas project for a young person in your life. You may have inspired me to do something similar for my nephew and niece. I'll just need to find a way to get to them [smile] I think we would all appreciate more details.
Lacking a table saw I used my TS55 for all of the cutting and DTS 400 for all of the sanding. The routing was done with a old Ryobi router, soon to be replaced with 1400EQ router. I designed it in Sketch-up and then built templates for the ends and shelf spacing to get the angle right. It was designed to fit into a specific area, so the dimensioning was important.
The wood I used is Aspen with a clear poly. Aspen is soft, but I love the light color of it and with about 4 coats of poly does harden up a bit.
Glad you liked it, it was fun to design and build.
The wood I used is Aspen with a clear poly. Aspen is soft, but I love the light color of it and with about 4 coats of poly does harden up a bit.
Glad you liked it, it was fun to design and build.
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As someone who has an old Ryobi router - vintage 1986 - welcome to the space age!! [big grin] [big grin]
Beautiful work. What are you going to do next now that the blood is flowing?
Peter
Beautiful work. What are you going to do next now that the blood is flowing?
Peter
Here are some additional pictures. I am not yet sure what my next project will be, I have been working on some kid sized chairs for my daughters room, but a new built-in cabinet might be first.
I have also been asked by a couple of people to build a similar book rack for their kids...so we will see.
Here are some additional details:
1. The ends were cut with a jigsaw and then trued up with my router. I then used my first end as a template for the others. I did put edgebanding to clean up the look. I cut it think to prevent it from chipping easily.
2. The base is 3/4" birch plywood with 1 3/4 Aspen edging. I wanted the base to be heavy to prevent any possibility of it tipping over.
3. I used pocket screws to assemble the whole unit. Simple and solid.
I have also been asked by a couple of people to build a similar book rack for their kids...so we will see.
Here are some additional details:
1. The ends were cut with a jigsaw and then trued up with my router. I then used my first end as a template for the others. I did put edgebanding to clean up the look. I cut it think to prevent it from chipping easily.
2. The base is 3/4" birch plywood with 1 3/4 Aspen edging. I wanted the base to be heavy to prevent any possibility of it tipping over.
3. I used pocket screws to assemble the whole unit. Simple and solid.
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nice work. you could make some up and sell them to doctors offices .
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