ladder

My brother wanted a better ladder up into his reclaimed attic space but didn't want to spend more than $150. I built this for around $30 in materials in an afternoon. I started at home the night before. First I made some cleats to attach the spreaders to. I used a ripped Douglas Fir 2x4...

I am in the process of building a ladder style bookcase and am working on the shelves currently. Unfortunately when I stapled/glued the 1/4" birch plywood on the bottom of the 1" x 3" pieces for the sides the clamps pulled the plywood proud of the back by about 1/16". I was going to use a...