How To Make Detail Cuts

So once you have your six main pieces of plywood, you are almost ready to put them together. But first, you must make some detail cuts on the front piece, the 72" by 30".

This is the actual bookshelf part, the cubbies where the books will be stored. The first cut falls 4" inches below the top of the shelf. Cut a 26" by 22" rectangle.

The second cut falls 2" above the bottom of the shelf. Cut a circle out with a diameter of 26". The circle is 2" from each side of the shelf.

You have now completed the detail cuts of the bookshelf, and once you put all the large pieces of plywood together, we will explain how to make/insert the actual shelves in these detail cuts.

Broken Tools

So yesterday...there were some accidents.
As we were cutting a circle out on the front piece of plywood, the blade snapped off. Then, we went to work with a handsaw to saw off the jagged edges (that looked like shark teeth) of the circle, and that completely fell apart too. Luckily, it has happened before so it was put back together, but yesterday was one helluva day of broken tools. Whoops. Hopefully tomorrow will go better =)

Wicked Sweet Nasty Awesome

Material: Plywood

-->30" by 10" (x2)
-->72" by 10" (x2)
-->72" by 30" (x2)


Mixing Art & Engineering
Our bookshelf is not only practical, useful, and holds many books, but it is modern and based off of a popular item, the iPod! Whoooooo! We are having an artist come in and paint original designs on the bookshelf to make it more appealing to the eye.