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1. 
   Burlshard | Jul 26, 2009 03:09am | #1

   Sssweeeet shelves Don...I love the figured birch shelving!

   Jim in sunny warm Florida.

   Vaseturner.com

2. 
   John_Barclay | Jul 26, 2009 09:16pm | #2

   Don:
   A great solution and beautifully simple. Really a nice effort.

   John

3. 
   donkondra1 | Jul 26, 2009 10:18pm | #3

   Thank you gentlemen :)

   Cheers, Don

4. 
   w1zer | Jul 28, 2009 11:11am | #4

   Really nice Don, can you tell us a bit more about how they are made? Will they stand up to moderateheavy loads or are they for lightweight items? How did you join the support to the shelves?

   Thanks

5. 
   donkondra1 | Jul 28, 2009 11:14pm | #5

   The center support has a 3/4" x 3/4" dado cut down the middle of the back. After the support is shaped, it is cut apart and reassembled by screwing through a member made to fit in the dado groove. The shelves also have a notch to fit the member.

   The support starts off as a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 25" blank, it's cut at a 25 degree angle and tapers to 2 3/4". The top and bottom are also cut to ~ 15 degrees.

   The shelves are 7/16" thick -

   24" x 5 1/4" tapering to 4 3/4"
   22 1/4" x 5" tapering to 4 /12"
   20 1/2" x 4 3/4" tapering to 4 1/4"

   The long ends are cut at 5 degrees, the narrow ends at 10 degrees.

   The back has two keyhole slots to fit over two screws installed in the wall. I have no doubt you could load this up with books and it would be fine...

   Cheers, Don

6. 
   PVC12 | Aug 02, 2009 03:54pm | #6

   Hi Don,

   I love this beautiful piece. Far and away my favorite shelf! Paul