While panels are being painted, it’s time to turn thoughts to the upper half of the office wall unit which consists of 5 individual shelf units abutted together.
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| Base panels ready to paint |
Symmetry is key to this design which features two identical tall units on each side and a shorter bridging unit in the centre.
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| This is what we're trying to build |
Working
out timber requirements for this part has not been easy in spite of having
sketched out a rough plan with measurements but I’ve ordered loads of 30 cm
wide pineboard to get us started.
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| I've got a plan |
As
we lack professional timber cutting equipment, it’s a case of finding materials
that fit rather than cutting wood exactly to size. Pineboard planks 30 cm wide (half the depth
of the desk top) are being used to construct the shelf units. With a bit of luck this size of board means
that only the width needs to be cut rather than any long sections. Well, that’s what I’ve told the other half
otherwise he’d be throwing a wobbly, bemoaning his lack of proper woodworking
tools. Excuses, excuses ….
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| Timber! |
Cutting wood in sub zero temperatures on the front driveway is not for the feint hearted.
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| Al fresco woodwork |
It’s pretty tricky holding the end of a plank in thick woolly gloves but we are woodworking gladiators – fearless, athletic (who?) and looking ‘ripped’ in skin tight full length thermal base layers. Gladiators are you ready? Fist pump - yeah!
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| Gladiators are you ready? |
Fast
forward to lunchtime. A stack of planks
140 cm in length have been cut to use as the tall vertical ends for each
unit. Now what I need is a bacon
sandwich and a gallon of tea to get those little grey cells to work out what
we’re doing next.
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| Plank stack |
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