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In reply to the discussion: Making a shelf [View all]

Wash. state Desk Jet

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Wed Jan 25, 2012, 01:46 AM
Jan 2012

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Well, tis true you will not find a place in the whole of the place that is perfectly square or perfecty level !And you will not get a measurement that is in fact perfectly clear !

The idea of cutting one piece at the 47.5 and holding it up in place than overlapping the first piece-with the 2nd. piece-,it too being held up on the wall and than using a pencil to make the line-sure than cut away,- yep that might work !

Buliding the shelf on a table using 45 degree cuts ,than just hang it. It always looks great that way, or so they tell me !

I really don't think you have enough hand tools to craft the shelf you may have in mind.

I would leave perfect out of the equation and simply build a shelf that looks nice ,on a table or work bench,than hang it on the wall.

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And as a rule people put things on shelves ,isn't that so ?

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Making a shelf [View all] quakerboy Jan 2012 OP
How did you come up with 95 degrees?? Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1
I was hopeing they were square quakerboy Jan 2012 #2
Are yer us'en a hand saw or a electric compound Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #3
Hand Saw quakerboy Jan 2012 #10
Doesn't work that way. jeff47 Jan 2012 #5
Try it with a piece of paper. quakerboy Jan 2012 #9
Well, one of us has shelves that didn't come together. jeff47 Jan 2012 #12
Because my shelves come together at an angle that is not 90 degrees quakerboy Jan 2012 #14
Walls are never perfect. jeff47 Jan 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #6
It is quite possible to make more than one cut jeff47 Jan 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #8
I don't have to. I do it with wood. jeff47 Jan 2012 #11
This. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #13
! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #15
Ive a few thoughts. quakerboy Jan 2012 #16
My goodness ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #18
Not here quakerboy Jan 2012 #19
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