I saw something similar in the current issue of Woodsmith magazine, and I figured this could be a fun project. I'll have to take some better pictures when everything's dry, but my wife says she wants it, so I guess that's a good sign...
In Woodsmith, they called it a bandsaw project, but of course, you kind of have to have one of those in order to call it that...There's also had some really nice curves to it that I liked, and may try out on another one using several handsaws, rasps and files, but not today. I had another idea.
Started out by gluing the pieces together. It's essentially 3 pcs of 3/4" stock glued together. Nice and simple. Instead of a solid piece in the middle, it's just sectioned like you were making a mortise. Since I also don't own a tablesaw, it was extremely important that I kept everything nice and square on the bottom. Having to flatten out a whole big section of end grain doesn't sound fun, so each piece nice and square on the glue up is my plan.
Once that hardens a little, it's on to the plane to square the sides up.
All of the major perpendicular cuts were done by hand. That gave me the general shape. After that, it was on to the planes again, giving it a little more shape.
And then it was on to the finish. A nice little project that my wife loved, which is always a good thing. Now it's on to make a few more...and adding the cleat to the new shelf...
Josh
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