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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is a planter box made by @Captain Aggravated, the winner of our summer '24 woodworking contest. Congratulations!

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Wife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thenewred@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.

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[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every shelve is a square supported on 3 corners. The weight in the "free" triangle holds because of the opposite corner.

I hope I explain it clear enough.

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, I’m still trying to understand which joint and why