Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.
So much nicer than Amazon or Ikea. Bah, fuck that crap, do anything yourself. I’m in the process of making a sofa because they’re painfully expensive or total crap here, learning to sew and anything about upholstery foam. Free yourself from the corporate tyranny & make it all yourself!
Are you me, but with better skill? I do this all the time but the end result is like Homer Simpson’s spice rack.
As the son of an avid woodworker and the grandson of a cabinetmaker, I completely understand this comment.
So instead of a cheap Amazon furniture she got a more valuable hand made one. Seems like a good deal to me
my guess is yours look like what your wife wanted, wheres the amazon one would have looked like utter shit (also the quality), and nothing like the pictures on the site. so well done man.
It’s always the size.
My Mrs has bought heaps of stuff from Amazon only to find it’s about a quarter the size she expected.
also highly questionable origins and who knows what kind of conditions the assembly workers went through
On top of all that you had a nice weekend working on a hobby you enjoy. Can’t put a price tag on that.
Bah, I could do that for $200 in only a week or two.
I could probably do it for $800 and never finish it.
Hey have you ever considered acquiring more succulents?
I am a carpenter. I bought a jewelry rack for my partner off amazon. It broke in 2 months.
I assure you your time and effort will not go to waste as this is going to last a million times longer. Not to mention the brownie points!
Money and time well spent!
Newb here, I’ve just finished reading The Essential Woodworker and I’m starting to get into this hobby.
How do those shelves support so much weight?
From what I’ve been reading it sounds like you need to be very cautious of your joints (at least Essential Woodworker writes that way, based on that I’d have expected you need a tennon through the whole way), but with support on 3 sides those exterior shelves appear to be supporting a lot of weight no problem. Is there somewhere I can learn more about this?
Every shelve is a square supported on 3 corners. The weight in the “free” triangle holds because of the opposite corner.
I hope I explain it clear enough.
That makes sense, I’m still trying to understand which joint and why
My uncle made me a similar looking plant stand about 5 years ago. Even though it took more to make it yourself, it will definitely last a lot longer.
A forklift-themed party? That sounds awesome haha
I was gonna say! One of my friends had a mango-themed party. He didn’t even particularly love mangos; it was just a nice unified theme.
Looks great, are you single ?
Well, if you live outside the US, the shipping costs of the shelf from Amazon might have made this cheaper, even if the pricetag says otherwise.
Holy shit nice work dude!!
Yours will likely last a long longer and be much easier to repair though.
Looks great. Also, I can tell that you don’t have cats living there.
