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My wife saw these at World Market and asked if I could build them, and of course, I said “Oh heck yeah, that’ll be easy to do…” 2 weeks later and about 60 hours or so into the project, they’re finished and stained a color that matches our office desks.
They’re make from 7 – 2×12’s and were planed and edged and perfected as much as home depot stud wood can be perfected. I hand sanded and beat up the wood prior to staining it and putting a couple layers or minwax semi-gloss poly on it.
I’m pleased with the project and how it turned out for the use my wife has for these 3 pieces. And plus, these have been created to be bomb-proof, so I’m sure as long as someone in my lineage wishes to have these, they’ll be passed down for at least a century, haha!
Here’s the originals seen here – http://www.worldmarket.com/lev/1/Ntt/soho/Ntx/mode+matchallpartial/Ntk/Def/N/0/Nty/1/index.cat
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FlWoodRat
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posted 317 days ago
Rob, you just gave me a ‘flashback’ to my college days in the late 60s, early 70s. Nice job. How did youi do the joinery. I’m curious about the center unit with the extended shelving.
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knapster
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posted 317 days ago
well done rob! amazing what simple 2×12s can be turned into isnt it!
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dusty2
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posted 317 days ago
Great job. You have done an amazing job with Box Store lumber. I see that they are priced at about $400 for a pair on World Market. Let’s see now, seven 2×12s and only 60 hours of labor.
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clieb91
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posted 317 days ago
Rob, Welcome to LumberJocks. Nice project, did a good job of recreating the World Market versions. I bet they will certainly last longer then their versions.
CtL
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Rob
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posted 316 days ago
I know Dusty, they all went on sale after I was about midway through the project and almost make me want to pull my non-existent hair out!
Flwoodrat, I made the middle one by first countersinking the screw holes for the outer pieces and then made a shelving type peg system and routed out some horizontal channels on the bottom of the two middle shelves for the pegs to fit into.
If I would have had more time, I would have loved to do some type of extended M-T joints or some sort of non-screw joints.
For the other shelves (the 90 degree parts), I used biscuit joints re-enforced with 3.5 inch deck screws so it’ll hold plenty of books.