Mahogany Ladder Shelf
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.
bought some 8/4 mahogany for the feet/legs
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.
Cut some 3/4" mahogany up for the shelves.
Gluing up the bottom two shelves.
The feet are attached to the legs with dovetails.
Transferring the tail to cut the pins.
Cutting the pins.
Marking out/cutting the housing dado/mortise and tenon joint for the shelves. There were a total of 8 of these.
Ready for a dry fit.
I clamped everything together and marked where the tenons needed to be cut in the shelves.
Cutting the tenons
Dry fit of the tenons
Wedge slots were cut into the tenons
Dry fit of everything
Legs glued up
Shelves glued
I applied a few coats of Arm-R-Seal for finish
Thanks for taking a look!
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