Twisted Corner Shelf Unit

[Woodwork Wizard]

I saw a CAD drawing on the internet of something very similar but with triangular shelves whereas this has rectangles and a perfect square in the middle, except the outer edges of each shelf are the same angle as the uprights on each side.

Made as an exercise and a bit of fun a few months ago, then forgotten about at the back of the workshop. Someone seen it recently and offered me £300 to install it as well. They'll paint it. I'm delighted with that...

The bottom shelf is 120mm wide x 520mm long and the top shelf is 520mm wide x 120mm long so it appears to twist round the corner. Overall height is 1900mm. I love making quirky one off stuff.

 

[ear3]

Neat idea!  In my mind's I'm trying to picture how it would look if the diagonals were arc-ed/parabolic.

 

[Woodwork Wizard]

And here's a more conventional one. The idea for this also came from the internet, I think it was Steve Ramsey on YouTube.

 

[DB10]

I could see the twisted shelves working really well in a child's bedroom, maybe painted in their favourite teams colours.

 

[nclemmons]

Nice work - to Edward's point, I think parabolic corners could be an interesting exploration to make them a bit more 'organic'

Congrats on the sale.  That always makes an 'experiment' worthwhile!

 

[Kevin McConville]

Did you see this post Esherick Style Door.  Maybe use some of Esher's techniques for your twisted corner cabinet. 

 

[Woodwork Wizard]

The Esherick door idea is very interesting and certainly eye-catching. Very artistic and lovely wood. It makes rectangular panels in doors look rather bland by comparison. I want to make some (or similar) now.
Quirky, one-off, unconventional, non conformist, unusual is good. Only trouble with that is it's only the quirky and unconventional that are willing to pay for it to be made and they are such a tiny minority.

 

[Woodwork Wizard]

Just been painted and adorned with girly ornaments...

 

[paradox1509]

Nice Job

 

[ear3]

Not your choice of tchotchkes I assume...

Just been painted and adorned with girly ornaments...

 

[Woodwork Wizard]

No idea what tchotchkes means but all that cack on the shelves certainly wasn't my choice.

I'd have useful stuff on there like spanners and hammers.

Does tchotchkes mean cack? (crap)

 

[ear3]

Oh yeah, sorry.  Americanism, or rather a Yiddishism that has become generalized in America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke

Crap, yes.  What's the British equivalent?

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No idea what tchotchkes means but all that cack on the shelves certainly wasn't my choice.

I'd have useful stuff on there like spanners and hammers.

Does tchotchkes mean cack? (crap)
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[DB10]

Oh yeah, sorry.  Americanism, or rather a Yiddishism that has become generalized in America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke

Crap, yes.  What's the British equivalent

Tut, pronounced Toot, As in the context,  "What Tut have you bought off of EBay today.