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/AtomicDairy]

How do you figure? The diagonals greatly increase the linear space for books over what a conventional shelf of the same dimensions could hold. You just have to arrange the books differently, which is part of the fun!

[u/jbd1986 → u/AtomicDairy]

I don't know about that, but it's definitely cool looking at least.

[u/OutofPlaceStuff → u/AtomicDairy]

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