Introduction: Small Wooden Book Shelf

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About: I am working with a Tinkering Lab at CBSE school in Pune, Maharashtra, India Since last six years. I am tinkerer for last six years. Our school has set up this lab with the help of central Govt. funding. Stude…
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This is a small vertical book shelf. Size is very small. To be exact its height is 22.5cm, width is 27cm at base where as 18 cm at vertical structures & depth is 5.5cm.

When the small and big competition is announced, I thought why not to go for small book shelf? This idea triggered & started searching material. Most of the wooden pieces were available with me as leftover from other wooden projects. So in a way this project is reuse/recycle project in wood work to make a small book shelf.

Supplies

  1. Wood pieces. (Seven 18x3x1.5 cm, six 3x1.5x1 cm, one 27x3x1.5 cm, one 27x4x1.5cm, one 20.5x3x1.5 cm)
  2. Kulfi Sticks (13)
  3. Pins (16)
  4. Feviquick
  5. Nails (one inch, one & half inches & two inches)
  6. Hammer
  7. Cutter
  8. Measuring Scale
  9. Polish Paper
  10. Mini Hack saw
  11. File
  12. Polish
  13. Small wooden pieces
  14. Tinkercad Subscription
  15. 3D Printer
  16. Oil pastels & sketch pens

Step 1: Making 7 Wooden Pieces OF Size 18x3x1.5 Cm

  1. Take 7 pieces of pine wood of size 18x3x1.5 cm as shown in first photograph.
  2. Finish all 6 sides using polish paper.
  3. Finishing in progress.
  4. Finished wooden piece.

Step 2: Converting Wooden Pieces in to Vertical Shelfs.

  1. Take three pieces as shown in first photograph
  2. Join them using hammer & nails as shown in second photograph
  3. Make two vertical structures as shown in third photograph.

Step 3: Joining Base, Top & Middle Structure

  1. Take a piece of pine wood of size 18x3x1.5 cm fix it as top of the small book shelf.
  2. Take polished wooden piece of 27x3x1.5 cm & fix them as base of small book shelf.
  3. Take two polished wooden piece of 4x4 cm & fix one at bottom & one at top of two vertical structures using feviquick (As shown in third photograph)
  4. Fix one more piece of size 27x4x1.5cm at the base so that 1cm space will be created for sliding stick doors.

Step 4: Making Compartments in Shelves.

  1. Measure a piece of size 3x1.5x1 cm as shown in first photograph.
  2. Make 6 small pieces of 3x1.5x1 cm using small hack saw to make compartments in vertical book shelf.
  3. Fix these 6 pieces at equidistance as shown in third photograph.


Step 5: Making Doors of Shelf Using Kulfi Sticks

  1. Take 6+6 =12 kulfi sticks.
  2. Sharpen sticks using cutter.
  3. Take bigger 20 cm long stick make small hole on it, pierce sharpen stick in a hole.
  4. For additional support use pin & fixed sticks as shown in third photograph. Make sure the right location of 6 sticks each so that it will cover two vertical structures. To keep 6 sticks together pierce two pins from both sides.
  5. Cut extra length of the sticks so that they come to same height. Use hack saw for this.

Step 6: Install Door for Small Book Shelf

  1. To create a slot of 1cm take a wooden piece of size 20.5x3x1.5 cm & fix with nails as shown in photograph one.
  2. Fit a door made with help of kulfi sticks as shown in photograph two. This is door open position.
  3. Slide door towards right side to make it door close position as shown in photograph three.

Step 7: Finishing the Small Book Shelf

  1. Use polish paper or file to round the corners & edges of book shelf.
  2. Apply polish or Danish oil to create protective layer & attractive look.

Step 8: Preparing Book Holder in Compartment of Book Shelf

  1. Create 6 pieces of book holder in compartment of book shelf. This will prevent books from falling.
  2. Cut small wooden pieces of size 30x10x2mm as show in photograph.
  3. Fix these 6 pieces as shown in 3rd photograph.

Step 9: Applying Polish to Book Shelf

Apply protective polish to book shelf. This will add beauty as well as protection to the book shelf.

Step 10: Adding Books in Book Shelf

  1. Adding Books in shelf
  2. Book shelf with kulfi sticks door closed.

Step 11: Design Name Tag to Book Shelf

  1. Design name tag to book shelf using Tinkercad free login.
  2. 3D Print .stl File of name tag.

Step 12: Apply Colors to the Books

Apply colors using color pastels &/or sketch pen. Small book shelf with various colors of books is ready in above photograph.

Step 13: Add 3D Printed Name Tag to Book Shelf

Finally small book shelf with 3D printed name tag & kulfi stick doors is ready.