Mountain shelf

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jemangin

Discussion Starter · Jul 7, 2020

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My oldest daughter wanted a shelf to hold her essential oils. She told her younger sister about one she saw on etsy. My youngest and I tackled the project together so she could give it to her sister for her birthday. We made it from rough cedar fence boards that I planed down to 3/8". The ones we saw online used 3/4" and looked a bit rough hewn. The thinner boards made clamping a challenge. Using pin nails, blue tape and an assortment of clamps eventually brought it all together. I was having a lot of trouble with the top peak when I remembered a trick I read about where you shoot pin nails into a the end of the board under low pressure then cut them off and use them like dowels to hold the position during glue up.The miter sled did a great job on the 30 degree angles. Finished it with shellac and wax.

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RainMan 2.0

· #2 · Jul 7, 2020

Nice job Jamie , that is really neat

Herb Stoops

· #3 · Jul 7, 2020

I see what you mean about creative clamping, good job, never seen one quite like that.
HErb

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jj777746

· #4 · Jul 7, 2020

Nice work Jamie. I will have to make one for my daughter.Thank you for showing how. James.

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marecat3

· #5 · Jul 7, 2020

That is cool

woodworker47

· #6 · Jul 7, 2020

Jamie,

Nice job. I really like it.

Frank

sreilly

· #7 · Jul 7, 2020

I would think she's ecstatic about the outcome. Not your usual shelf and you made it your....rather hers. Very lucky young lady.

TenGees

· #8 · Jul 7, 2020

Nice outcome, interesting design.

MEBCWD

· #9 · Jul 7, 2020

Really nice project and good solutions in the build process.

roxanne562001

· #10 · Jul 7, 2020

Very nice

Nickp

· #11 · Jul 7, 2020

Nicely done....!

Oscar36

· #12 · Jul 7, 2020

Really sharp looking.

Bstrom

· #13 · Jul 7, 2020

Any chance we could get some dimensions on this excellent piece? That appears to be the hard part(?)...

DaninVan

· #14 · Jul 7, 2020

Great solutions on the clamping; well done!

Marco

· #15 · Jul 8, 2020

Great design, fit and finish!

WoodFrog

· #16 · Jul 9, 2020

That turned out fantastic! You did a great job with all the angles and joints. The finish looks good too, Cedar fence boards are not the easiest to get smooth and straight like that.

jemangin

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jul 13, 2020

Dimensions: 17 3/4" wide by 13 3/4" tall by 2 1/2" deep. Cedar 3/8" thick boards. Bottom shelfs are 3 1/8" tall to allow the 2 1/2" tall oil bottles to fit with a bit of space. The angles are 60 degrees. The left peak is 9 1/2" tall, centre peak 13 3/4" and the right peak 10" tall. If I did it again I would make the side peak height more varied to show the height difference.

Make a full size drawing first. Really helps with sizing the boards before cutting the angles. I set the angle on the table saw then cut all the boards on a cross cut sled.

Bstrom

· #18 · Jul 13, 2020

jemangin said:
Dimensions: 17 3/4" wide by 13 3/4" tall by 2 1/2" deep. Cedar 3/8" thick boards. Bottom shelfs are 3 1/8" tall to allow the 2 1/2" tall oil bottles to fit with a bit of space. The angles are 60 degrees. The left peak is 9 1/2" tall, centre peak 13 3/4" and the right peak 10" tall. If I did it again I would make the side peak height more varied to show the height difference.

Make a full size drawing first. Really helps with sizing the boards before cutting the angles. I set the angle on the table saw then cut all the boards on a cross cut sled.

Many thanks - this will make a great gift to a few folks.

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