The Bamboo Blog – Part 2
Dec 05, 2011
Step 1: Drill a hole down through the top of the shelf cross piece and through the side rail.
This weeknd I finished up the bamboo shelf project.
I liked the idea of lashing the shelves down to really give it that classic “Lost-on-an-island and need-to-make-furniture-for-my-hut” look. Here’s the process I came up with:
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Step 1: Drill a hole down through the top of the shelf cross piece and through the side rail.
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Step 2: Cut a piece of twine about 3 feet long and thread it from the bottom up, through both pieces.
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Step 4: Now criss-cross over the top a few times, and around the rail, on both sides.
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Step 5: This part is cool. When you tighly wrap the twine between the two parts a few times, it really locks things down.
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Step 3: Make a knot at the bottom, but leave a few inches of twine on the end.
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Step 6: Here's where the extra twine beyond the knot comes in handy. Tie the twine together with another knot at the bottom and cut off the extra.
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Step 7: After attaching all the shelf pieces, I added a racking support cross piece on the back.
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The finished shelf: I lightly sanded all the parts, lightly chamfered the sharp ends and added a quick coat of wax. Here you can see that I picked out a few curvy pieces for the top shelf, just to give it a little extra character.
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Right at home in front of the mini bamboo jungle.
Comments
Pretty darn cool, Mr. Tetreault!
Thanks stewdes,
It was a lot of fun to work with those materials.
John
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