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Mahogany Ladder Shelf

author-gravatar kylelyke Aug 30, 2018

After seeing some good looking ladder shelves online , I decided to try and make my own. I used dovetails to connect the feet to the legs and a housing dado/mortise and tenon combination for the shelves. 

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bought some 8/4 mahogany for the feet/legs 

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Ripped the 8/4 down into rough lengths. I originally had a different design in mind which is why there are more pieces here than I ended up using.  

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Cut some 3/4" mahogany up for the shelves.

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Gluing up the bottom two shelves. 

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The feet are attached to the legs with dovetails. 

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Transferring the tail to cut the pins. 

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Cutting the pins. 

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Marking out/cutting the housing dado/mortise and tenon joint for the shelves. There were a total of 8 of these. 

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Ready for a dry fit. 

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Photo of Mahogany Ladder Shelf

I clamped everything together and marked where the tenons needed to be cut in the shelves. 

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Cutting the tenons

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Photo of Mahogany Ladder Shelf
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Dry fit of the tenons

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Wedge slots were cut into the tenons

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Dry fit of everything

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Legs glued up

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Shelves glued

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I applied a few coats of Arm-R-Seal for finish

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Photo of Mahogany Ladder Shelf
Photo of Mahogany Ladder Shelf

Thanks for taking a look!

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