Tree Bookshelf

我的儿子需要一个新的书架，以获得他越来越多的书籍。我美丽的妻子拥有最好的意图，并从沃尔玛买了一个......这将不做。
So it forced me to start on this tree bookshelf and luckily it coincided with the shelving contest so it's win win.
当然，我可以制作一个简单的方形书架，但这只是我的风格。对于一些奇怪的原因，我的大脑似乎将每个简单的项目变成更复杂的东西。
只有我吗？我的意思是，当我在我的脑海里得到一个项目的想法时，我从一个简单的想法开始，因为我躺在床上，我的大脑开始以各种各样的方向服用这个项目。我无法帮助自己。它通常变得非常酷，所以我想没关系。
Anyway, I found a great design online but it wasn't quite what I was looking for. It was a great place to start but I had to give it my own flare. This was a fun project and didn't take any special tools so anyone can do it. Thanks so much for looking and enjoy!
当你透过这种指示时，请原谅凌乱的商店。秋季是我们一个非常忙碌的时期，所以店铺清洁在优先级列表中很低。对于那个很抱歉

3/4 inch hardwood plywood

18英尺1倍

螺丝

整理钉子

夹具锯/带滚动刀片

斜切锯

A drill

哇，我猜这就是它。简单的权利

I used a piece of 3/4 inch birch plywood and 1x10 pine boards for the shelf. I had a general idea about how I wanted it to look but I had to get it from my head to the plywood. Not an easy thing for me.
I drew out something that looked kind of like a tree. It is 5 1/2 feet tall and about 4 foot at the widest. I wanted to give the appearance that you could see through parts of the tree so I drew on some little details. Some of them worked and others looked... Not so good
The base was pretty easy. I measured the bottom of the tree and cut to that. Next I drew a wavy semicircle and that was it. With this project I didn't want any straight lines. I cut out some miscellaneous pieces on the base so it might look like shadows cast by the tree.
The great thing about this shelf is you can pretty much cut wherever you want and it will look like a tree. Pretty cool huh

我用滚动刀片用夹具锯。这只是一个非常薄的刀片，所以你可以紧张。然后你只是尽力遵循所有这些曲线线。
The good part is, if you cut outside the lines... Who cares, it's a tree.
尝试在部分中删除模式。这样你就不会在削减时放在电路板上的压力。一定要留给您的基础。随着锯的所有紧张匝数都需要一段时间，但是当您看到最终产品时，它真的值得。

所有紧张的转弯都是很多手打磨。没有简单的方法来做这件事，力量砂光机真的是在这里的问题中。
Because it was ply edge, I skipped 80 grit and went right to 220. The 80 was a bit to aggressive and I didn't want to take anymore off, i just wanted to smooth it out. I wrapped some sandpaper around my finger and tried to get all of the nooks and crannies. It took a lot of time but I had some slow mornings at work and I was able to do the small tedious stuff there.
You want to make sure you have a smooth edge so it looks good when you paint it later.

所以我想有树的外表，树是从墙上出来的。我这样做的方式是轮廓，所以它看起来像叶子......我们会出现
Also, the depth was deeper in the middle and then got less towards the outside.
I learned a few things while cutting these out. First, I used the scroll blade again to cut the shelves. At first I figured out the total board length of the box and then cut the whole edge all at once. That didn't work.
When I cut the boards the curves didn't line up so there were some jagged edges. So then I would cut the box and then contour the pieces individually.
I wanted to make the boxes big enough to hold REAL kids books. They are tall and wide and weird shaped, so you need good sized shelves. The tallest box is 16" and the smallest is 8" with some variation in between.
When it comes to setting up the boxes on the back there's not a lot of specific instructions I can give you. I laid them out one at a time and did what I thought looked good.
我开始在中间，然后工作，到外面。我试图制作曲线排队，所以它流动了。

To attach the shelves I first used a finishing nailer with 2" nails to hold everything together. Then I predrilled everything and used 1 1/2" drywall screws to hold everything.
您还希望确保您的盒子是广场，因为没有比邋ans的盒子更糟糕。也将所有盒子彼此连接到它的漂亮和坚固。

Yup... Sand some more. All of the edges so it is child friendly.

I painted this white to match my sons room. The are a lot of corners and and small curves so I decide to use spray paint to get into those spots and then go back and brush paint. It took a lone time but it was worth it in the end.
这是一个很fun project and I am really happy with how it turned out. It was really easy and did not require any special tools.
所以，如果你喜欢这是如何结果，你应该肯定会试一试。非常感谢看这个，如果你做一个，请告诉我。