My first wordworking project was an 8' tall plywood case with four
shelves to hold canvases (Im a painter). I made the dadoes with a
circular saw on a gravel driveway (!) I couldnt walk afterwords and I
was hooked on woodworking after that. Now I have better tools: a
table saw, router, etc.
Here's what I want to do: I want to get rid of one of the shelves
(glued and nailed in) and also divide the shelves in half using some
more dadoes and pieces of hardboard. I need to make the individual
shelves narrower, they dont hold the canvases upright enough because
they are too wide. Also, I need to get rid of a shelf to accomodate
larger paintings.
Here are my questions:
1. What is the best way to get rid of that shelf thats glued and
nailed in? Its 3/4" thick plywood and the dadoes are about 1/2". If
the dadoes and shelves were a nice snug fit, I guess I would use a
sawsall to cut the shelf out and then plane it down. However, since I
did such a sloppy job with a cir saw, and not knowing what I was
doing, the shelf and dadoes are very, very ugly and badly matched. So
if I just cut it out, it wont look good and -- more importantly, may
very weak at that spot. Should I cut it out and then add putty to fill
the gaps or is there a way to unglue it and get the brads out? What
should I do here?
2. To add in the new shelves, I can use a router, but I cant get it
all the way to the back because there is a plywood back on it with
about 100 brads in it. Is there a better way to divide the shelves?
Thank you very much for putting up with this long post. Any help would
be appreciated. The cabinet is made from oak plywood so I wouldnt want
to just start over...
Bob
Will do, as soon as I get a chance.
Bob
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My first wordworking project was an 8' tall plywood case with four
> > shelves to hold canvases (Im a painter). I made the dadoes with a
> > circular saw on a gravel driveway (!) I couldnt walk afterwords and I
> > was hooked on woodworking after that. Now I have better tools: a
> > table saw, router, etc.
> >
> > Here's what I want to do: I want to get rid of one of the shelves
> > (glued and nailed in) and also divide the shelves in half using some
> > more dadoes and pieces of hardboard. I need to make the individual
> > shelves narrower, they dont hold the canvases upright enough because
> > they are too wide. Also, I need to get rid of a shelf to accomodate
> > larger paintings.
> >
> > Here are my questions:
> >
> > 1. What is the best way to get rid of that shelf thats glued and
> > nailed in? Its 3/4" thick plywood and the dadoes are about 1/2". If
> > the dadoes and shelves were a nice snug fit, I guess I would use a
> > sawsall to cut the shelf out and then plane it down. However, since I
> > did such a sloppy job with a cir saw, and not knowing what I was
> > doing, the shelf and dadoes are very, very ugly and badly matched. So
> > if I just cut it out, it wont look good and -- more importantly, may
> > very weak at that spot. Should I cut it out and then add putty to fill
> > the gaps or is there a way to unglue it and get the brads out? What
> > should I do here?
> >
> > 2. To add in the new shelves, I can use a router, but I cant get it
> > all the way to the back because there is a plywood back on it with
> > about 100 brads in it. Is there a better way to divide the shelves?
> >
> > Thank you very much for putting up with this long post. Any help would
> > be appreciated. The cabinet is made from oak plywood so I wouldnt want
> > to just start over...
> >
> > Bob
>
> Can you post a digital; picture or three, on
> alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking ?
>
> Get a close-up of the dados.
"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My first wordworking project was an 8' tall plywood case with four
> shelves to hold canvases (Im a painter). I made the dadoes with a
> circular saw on a gravel driveway (!) I couldnt walk afterwords and I
> was hooked on woodworking after that. Now I have better tools: a
> table saw, router, etc.
>
> Here's what I want to do: I want to get rid of one of the shelves
> (glued and nailed in) and also divide the shelves in half using some
> more dadoes and pieces of hardboard. I need to make the individual
> shelves narrower, they dont hold the canvases upright enough because
> they are too wide. Also, I need to get rid of a shelf to accomodate
> larger paintings.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1. What is the best way to get rid of that shelf thats glued and
> nailed in? Its 3/4" thick plywood and the dadoes are about 1/2". If
> the dadoes and shelves were a nice snug fit, I guess I would use a
> sawsall to cut the shelf out and then plane it down. However, since I
> did such a sloppy job with a cir saw, and not knowing what I was
> doing, the shelf and dadoes are very, very ugly and badly matched. So
> if I just cut it out, it wont look good and -- more importantly, may
> very weak at that spot. Should I cut it out and then add putty to fill
> the gaps or is there a way to unglue it and get the brads out? What
> should I do here?
>
> 2. To add in the new shelves, I can use a router, but I cant get it
> all the way to the back because there is a plywood back on it with
> about 100 brads in it. Is there a better way to divide the shelves?
>
> Thank you very much for putting up with this long post. Any help would
> be appreciated. The cabinet is made from oak plywood so I wouldnt want
> to just start over...
>
> Bob
Can you post a digital; picture or three, on
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking ?
Get a close-up of the dados.
--
Jim in NC