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For an Architecture class at Texas A&M, my daughter had to design a piece of furniture using a full sheet of plywood, with zero fasteners or glue. She of course made it difficult and designed a free standing corner shelf over 6 feet tall with cantilevered shelves and glass insets.
We had a great time building it. Precision was critical for everything to fit together very tight for a strong unit. I can say almost a year later it’s still strong.
We cut the 64 tabs by gang clamping the 8 shelves and running them over the table saw blade on a sled. Unfortunately I didn’t have a stacked dado at the time, so it took a bunch of passes. Then we cut all the slots with a template jig and plunge router you can see in the fourth picture.
The last picture is a footstool we made from the cutoffs, since the project was supposed to use as much of the sheet of plywood as possible. Also no fasteners, no glue. Hammered it together and it’s held very tight with use.
We added a flush mounted LED downlight that projects through the glass inserts.
Now I just to finish it. For our contemporary styled house, I’ll edge band the ply and paint the whole thing black.
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HillbillyShooter
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#1 posted 213 days ago
Extremely cool design—very ingenious!
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#2 posted 212 days ago
Hopefully she got a good grade. Beautiful work.
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#3 posted 212 days ago
great work here
and a good time for family doings
a very nice design
A+ in my book
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#4 posted 212 days ago
that is cool
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#5 posted 212 days ago
Super kool, and very inventive. Wow! You’re daughter is very talented
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#6 posted 212 days ago
This is an amazing design and super build ,kudos to both of you.
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#7 posted 212 days ago
What a great job and wonderful you could do with your daughter. Thanks for sharing.
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#8 posted 212 days ago
What a talent you got right there! Beautiful work piece.
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#9 posted 211 days ago
My little sister was an architecture student at A&M- they really challenge the students there. Your daughter did some very nice work.
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#10 posted 136 days ago
That would make a grate open curio cabinet for my Fire Trucks… Thanks.. She did a wonderful job..
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