I had some white melamine board left over from another project, my grandson asked if I could make him a bookshelf for his place, I ended up making two units.
Materials
16mm white melamine chipboard.
White edging tape.
38mm countersunk screws
Plastic brackets and screws for kick rail.
Tools
Track saw
Mitre saw
Router and 5mm router bit for shelf pins
Home made shelf pin jig.
Drill driver
Screw driver
Drill bit for screws
Counter sink drill
Sandpaper block for finishing edging
Small file for edging clean up
Electric planer blade for trimming laminate egding.
Hot air gun.
Steps
Step 1
Draw up shelving and a cutting list
Step 2
Cut material to size using track saw, using the track saw has saved me a lot of work where previously I had cut the board with a power saw a couple of millimeters oversized, then trim with a router to remove the chipped edge caused by the power saw, the track saw gives me a perfect finish, by doing a scoring cut then a second finish cut.
Step 3
Once all the material has been cut to size, I fitted all the melamine edging, using a hot air gun and a cork block to press into place, when it has cooled down, I trimmed off the edges using an electric planer blade, the sanded the sides to a smooth finish, I also filed the ends of each board.
Step 4
When all edges were done, I routered the pin shelf holes using my diy pin shelf jig.
Step 5
I pre drilled the screw holes on each board for assembly
Step 6
Install kick rail to larger shelf, I also found that the book shelves didn’t need and backing board, it was sturdy on its own.
All done 😀
