How To Make A Built In Bookcase

How to Create Built-In Bookcases Step-by-Step Guide. This is where husbands everywhere joke that the stud has been found.

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BUILDING THE CASE OR CABINET 1.

How to make a built in bookcase. HOW TO MAKE BUILT-IN BOOKCASES PART I. We placed each cabinet on the base and then using a stud finder screwed the cabinet into the studs on the back wall. How to Build Built-In Bookcases from IKEA Billy Bookshelves To figure out how to best use the space the picture below shows how we did the math.

Taller than the baseboard molding you plan to. When working with full sheets of plywood we typically first start by cutting the full sheets a little oversize out in the driveway with a circular saw. Start by building a base out of 1x or 2x lumber.

I added three shelves to each side and spaced them out evenly in the vertical space. These ends will all be covered with trim so you wont be able to see them when the built-in bookshelves are finished. To make it less overwhelming we broke it down into parts with steps in each part.

I built the doors for this bookcase but showing you how to do that is a whole tutorial in itself. Nails go side-ways and down securing everything in place use a little wood glue on each piece to really make it strong. Theres a nice tutorial on instructions which explains how.

Aside from the shelf itself you will also be needing hardware and other support for installation. To make the cut I simply have another piece of wood underneath and the depth of the blade set quite shallow to about 34 of an inch. Here is where its beginning to take shape.

There is a lot of information packed in but we tried to make. I measured the space in between the walls in our case it was almost exactly 12 feet or 144 inches then I subtracted out the width of the bookcases which are 31 each or a total of 124 inches. So I used a 18 for each shelf and 12 across the front to give the shelf more thickness and make them flush with the side face 1x4s.

Make its depth 1 12 to 2 in. Break down the plywood parts to their final dimensions. You can really see how the built-in bookshelves are going to look.

Less than the depth of the bookcase itself. Next Im ripping the wood down in 8 inches width which will be the depth of the upper shelves. This will raise the cabinets off the floor and give us a sturdy place to set them.

For the actual shelves I need 15 pieces cut at 17 38 inches which I. When you gather everything you need youre ready to start this project. You can have fixed sections for the top and the bottom and removable shelves in between.

You can build the bookcase as a series of sections that fit together sort of like a modular system. Its height must be 18 in. Built In bookshelves can be made of various materials like veneer plywood or solid wood such as birch douglas fir pine cedar oak or walnut.

Mysha assembled three Billy bookcases and spaced them about 6 inches apart to create a piece with more presence. To add a ledge to nail into she installed a frame of 1x2s along the top on the front and on the two sides then face-nailed a 14-inch piece of plywood to it to draw the eye up even further.

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