How Do You Mount A Shelf Flush With A Curved Wall?
Mounting a shelf flush to a curved wall (or any wall that just isn’t flat enough for a nice fit) calls for a traditional carpentry technique known as scribing. Scribing is a simple trick of using the surface itself—the curved wall, in this case—to mark the cutting line onto a template or the workpiece itself (the shelf). To scribe a line, you hold the template in place against the surface, then drag a compass (or other marking device) along the surface, letting the pencil mark the cutting line onto the template as you go. This transfers all of the contours and irregularities of the surface directly to the template and is much more accurate than conventional measuring and marking. Cut a piece of butcher paper or thin cardboard a little longer than the shelf dimension. Make two marks along one edge of the paper to represent the ends of the finished shelf. Lay the paper on the floor directly below the planned location of the shelf. With a convex wall, make sure the paper is equidistan
