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Ten Green Wee Shelving: small shelving unit using beer bottles

Step 3Finish the timber

Finish the timber
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Sand off the sharp edges produced by drilling.

Finishing with oil, varnish or wax is optional, but is recommended if the shelves are to get heavy use (eg. in the kitchen). I like to give plain pine 2 or 3 coats of neutral coloured wax.

At this point you might want to attach glass plates at either end of the rear side of the top shelf.

If you are making up kits, I like to tape the fixings for each shelf to the respective shelf with masking tape as shown in the main picture. It also gives you a handy place to put your stamp!

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I am a freelance design engineer and drummer. My business site is at http://www.zero-waste.co.uk and is often concerned with appropriate technologies, open source design and design for sustainability.