How Do I Build a Bookcase?
One of the simplest, and most rewarding, home building projects is setting out to build a bookcase. Although quite easy to build at their most basic, one can build a bookcase at almost any level of complexity, making them ideal for people wanting to develop as home builders. At the same time, nearly everyone has books, so setting out to build a bookcase is an imminently practical project. Rather than spending a large amount of money on pre-fabricated shelving, one can simply build a bookcase with affordable timber and a few connectors. To build a bookcase well, you’ll want some good timber, a portable circular saw, an electric screwdriver and some screws, a tape measure, and a square and rule of some sort. You may also want sandpaper, paint, glue, and wood filler, to finish out your project. Although you don’t need a great deal of space to build a bookcase, you will be cutting wood, so you want somewhere that can either be dirty, or somewhere you can easily clean sawdust from. Set asid
There are way too many styles and sizes to say how to build one here. The next time you are at a Barnes and Noble, have a cup of coffee and go thru the woodworking section. There are countless books on how to build cases. That is how I learned, and I still have the books, and I still love to go through them. If a book is $26.00, just factor that in to the cost of the project, and you are sure not to make a mistake that could cost you $260.00. And read all your tool safety manuals too!
As people have said, it might be easier just to buy a flatpack one, and follow the instructions. If you do want to do it yourself there are some very simple things you will need: Wooden planks Right angle brackets (see the top pic at http://www.wickes.co.uk/icat/hardware ) Screws What you do, is you have two vertical pieces of wood, which will form the sides of the bookcase. You attach horizontal pieces of wood to them by screwing in right angle brackets underneath the shelves. You may also want to put in a back (which could be made out of stiff card or thin wood or something) to stop it folding over like a house of cards. Alternatively you could put a vertical piece spanning from one side to the other, this would have the same effect.
