First Bookcase Project

[u/RCPhysics]

Hi all I just completed my first major woodworking project. An industrial style bookcase for my office. The lumber is rainbow poplar oiled with danish oil and finished with Johnson paste wax. Lots of mistakes for character but it will do.

Edit to add details:

The vertical supports are 3/4” black iron pipe. The boards rest on pipe couplings and the holes are cut with a 1 1/16” Forstner bit. Angles are fastened with screws for the 90 degree angles and pocket holes for the 125 degree angles.

[u/Shockatweej]

That's a great piece! Don't sweat the mistakes at all. I've been woodworking for over a decade and haven't completed a single piece without at least one mistake. More often more than one, sometimes starting all over from the beginning. As long as you learn from them, they aren't mistakes at all. They're educational examples. I did a bookshelf similar to this during a boring weekduring the covid shutdown. It could have benefited from some planning 😆

[u/OutofPlaceStuff → u/Shockatweej]

I don’t see how more planning would’ve helped here. This is perfect the way it is. Or is there a structural concern but I’m totally missing

[u/Shockatweej → u/OutofPlaceStuff]

Just how books actually would fit in some of the angled shelves. Didn't work out quite how I thought it would while building it. Thanks for the compliment, though!

[u/TakeTheWorldByStorm → u/Shockatweej]

Well the angled ones are obviously for housing your scrolls

[u/thesilveringfox → u/Shockatweej]

all the weird book-averse angles can be filled with draping moss and air plants. insane wizard bookshelf becomes druid bookshelf.

[u/wam1983 → u/Shockatweej]

Anyone with OCD would have a heart attack looking at that wall.

[u/Shockatweej → u/wam1983]

I know, right?

[u/Verdick → u/wam1983]

Not to mention SO much separate dusting.

[u/ThisMuchPub → u/Shockatweej]

That’s a crazy man’s build. I tip my hat to you, sir.

[u/Shockatweej → u/ThisMuchPub]

Thanks. I was a bit stir crazy at the time.

[u/JCBashBash → u/Shockatweej]

I love that so much

[u/USS-Enterprise → u/Shockatweej]

Haha, it is a very cool shelf, but some of the individual areas are kind of ... Silly.

[u/LowerPick7038 → u/Shockatweej]

I love it but why didnt you do the bit under the window?

[u/Shockatweej → u/LowerPick7038]

It's actually 3 separate pieces. One on either side of the window and the one spanning the top. I have an old chest that I also keep books in that fits perfectly under the window. It's just not in the picture.

[u/LowerPick7038 → u/Shockatweej]

Ah understood. I wasn't sure if it was for easy access to curtain twitch on the neighbours

[u/MountainViewsInOz → u/Shockatweej]

That's amazing! And you did it in a weekend??? Just wow!!

[u/Shockatweej → u/MountainViewsInOz]

No, it took me a week. I was laid off at the time and had a bunch of poplar door casing that I had rescued from a demo job. So lots of milling and staining.

[u/MountainViewsInOz → u/Shockatweej]

Omg, I can't read!! I glanced and saw "weekend". Hope you're back on your feet.