JohnGod morning
My boss asked me to build him the shelves pictured below.
Was thing of using a combination of dowels and screws to hold the shelves in place, along with glue.
Would that hold or would it not be sturdy enough?
Any suggestions?
Thank youJohn
Lots of ways to build that - especially if it will be used for towels or knick-knacks and not as a bookshelf.
Dowels, loose tenons, screws, shelf dadoed in to the vertical pieces, or maybe a combination of those approaches. THe big advantage of this is that it will be much easier to hang (one nail?) than floating shelves are.
Yup, that's likely what I would do - dado glue and screw - only the dado requires much fitting.I built a few wine racks like that. Dado, glue and screw.
perfectLike this. The back support is 5" w x 3/4" and the dadoes in the back support are 3/8" deep and 3/4" wide. The shelves are 3/4" thick so it should be a snug fit.
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Now the shelve fit ever so loose.
Agree with Berta. Assemble with glue and screws and then see if there really is a problem. Uncertain what your finish will be but wood filler (commercial or otherwise) can mask small gaps quite well (not that I would ever need to do so..... wink wink).Now the shelve fit ever so loose. With a very slight gap the shelf can "wobble" a couple of degree. Nothing major but enough that they are not a snug fit anymore. (insert many expletives here).
the request is for a classic grey stain . not what I would have used, but it fits his beach house theme....Agree with Berta. Assemble with glue and screws and then see if there really is a problem. Uncertain what your finish will be but wood filler (commercial or otherwise) can mask small gaps quite well (not that I would ever need to do so..... wink wink).
the request is for a classic grey stain