I Made a Bookcase for my Nephew

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My nephew is two but he already has a lot of books. Instead of storing them on a table, I designed and made him a bookcase.

Here's how it went down.

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I designed it in Onshape.

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Some pine from Home Depot.

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I cut it to size.

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I routed a rebate for the back panel.

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You see?

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I realised I had done it all wrong so had to glue some wood into some places.

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I 'Kreg'ed some holes into it.

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Good.

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I left the bad things to dry.

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I took out my no.5 jack plane.

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Here it is. The blade is retracted so it's fine sitting like this.

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I trimmed the repairs.

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Assembly time.

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Yes.

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Good.

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This strip makes it look nice.

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This needed... correcting.

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So I used this bastard.

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I used it here too.

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Good.

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Then I filled the God damn Kreg holes.

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I sanded everything with this.

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I painted it.

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I cut the back in two because I didn't make it tall enough.

Thirty Days Later (because the paint had to cure)

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I screwed the top bit.

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This needed... correcting. Again.

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So I used this bastard.

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I screwed it in the bottom.

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Then I used my genius...

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To do this.

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And it was done.

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I took one more terrible photo then went to bed.

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