/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>263350
I really like this one. Great whole room concept.

My images are stairs by the way.

It's like most of these shelves are designed to give you headaches.

>>263382
I like this.

>>263389
who's gonna remove the dust of all th... aaachew.

Always wanted to get a bunch of harbor crates and just screw them together.
Quick thirty minute bookcase.

>>263428
forgot my picture>>263341

>>263428

But the wood has to be a bit strong and you have to treat it if you want it to stay up and not to rot.

I was thinking of something like a regular bookshelves (see pics). The black part is this special paint that makes the surfaces writable with chalks.

>>263438
I'd put the chalk space in the middle and have two vertical shelves on either side for bottles or something.

>>263441

care for a Paint session to illustrate your idea ?

>>263443
Not much time. Just put the chalk in the center and arrange the shelves around it, with two vertical on either side of the space.

>>263445

I see, if it gets sophisticated enough for good alcohol, I may need better wood.

Thanks for the idea.

>>263446
I think the point of those container shelves is to be as cheap as possible.

>>263447


I know, but I've seen bookshelves collapse because of bad wood.

Once full of books it can get pretty heavy.

It's usually the nails/screws who fail because the wood is just composite.

Here's one I made.
Walnut veneered MDF, biscuited and screwed/glued together, walnut endgrain plugs to go in the counterbored screw holes. 'Keyhole' hanging plates let into the vertical supports on the back edge. The reason the spacing is asymmetric is because they line up with mah stud wall bracings.
£30 for half a sheet of pre veneered MDF, free offcuts of 1.5mm walnut veneer for lippings and £5 for the hardware.

That groove in the top face is so I can retrofit an LED strip light... eventually.

>>263449
It's best to use solid wood for shelving, or plywood. Particle board/ composit is pound-per-pound some of the heavist building material yet also the weakest.

I've seen book stores create ceiling to floor shelving out of simple 1x6 or 1x8 boards. It's fairly easy and quick to use (since all the wood is already the width needed), though it didn't look to aesthically pleasing.

>>263429
I lately have been considering the stacked crate motife. One benefit is that the crates can then be used for storing the books upon moving.

>>263384
>>263384
that setup requires all the space in front of the shelf to be empty. just sayin

>>263965

Haha, that's golden.

Old waterbed headboard I mounted for my wife

inb4
>2012
>Encyclopedias

My wife doesn't into internet

Completely utilitarian.
I'm going to cover a wall in my living room with this shelf's specs for my hundreds of DVD's and VHS's

>>264026
>at least 3 bottles of lotion

That is the only thing I noticed about that image, besides "The Management of Pain" book.

>>264029
Shit, quoted the wrong post.

Meant to quote >>264024

>>264029
I guess aloe for healing, nutrigina for moisturizing and water resistant for err... water?

you ought to see her shampoo and conditioner.

y'all need to dust your damn shelves.

>>264032

>>264026
the bathroom right next to it is under construction. Drywall dust is a bitch
>>264024
and we're just plain lazy

>>264026
fuck you

Functional bookshelves for people who actually read:
>>263341
>>263350
>>263349
>>263358
>>263352
>>263377
>>263361

"Whimsical" design student bullshit for people that NEVER READ:
>>263343 (lol wut, that thingholds like 40 books)
>>263344 (lolwut, do you even know how expensive ladders are?)
>>263345 (least efficient use of wood ever, also, lol 15 books)
>>263347 (lol 15 books ON A WHOLE WALL lol dropped books)
>>263348 (YES NOW THAT MY BOOKS ARE INCONVENIENTLY PLACED I WILL NEVER HAVE TO READ THEMMM)
>>263353 (good thing all of my books are the same size! now i can read in my derelict factory!)
>>263355 (lol 19 books, lol at all the eventual broken books)
>>263364 (as mentioned earlier, just looking at it gives you a headache)
>>263378 (good luck getting the bottom books out, or putting them back in)
>>263383 HOW DO YOU GET TO THE BOOKS IN THE CENTER OF THE LOOP
>>263386 (what adult would have this?)

>>264095

You can be a surprisingly boring person, sometimes

Sometimes it's acceptable to eschew efficiency for aesthetic appeal or personal opinion

>>264104
>>264095

the guy is right these are almost all art student bullshit

I want to build a bookshelf to fit under the stairs in my house, thin enough to fit a big comfy chair in there but of course thick enough to fit all the books.
a simple stair-step bookshelf seems like the simplest idea but how would I go about building it? and what am I looking at in terms of cost?

>>264051
ololol THE GAME WE LOST IT XDD

ITT:
>Look at me, I am the only person in the world that actually reads books and people are only allowed to like the utilitarian bookshelves that I like. Anyone who is interested in unconventional storage for aesthetic value, is unable to read, and a faggot to boot.

>>264145
http://thehousehippos.com/?p=33

I use two walls of IKEA Ivar shelves. Easy to disassemble and rearrange, simple and cheap.

In fact, apart from my desk, bed and chairs, it's the only furniture I have.

>>263377
theres a giant dildo in that picture

>spending time building masturbatory and showoff book shelves instead of reading fucking books
>often with aesthetics over functionality in mind
>2012, still having a large book collection/being a consumer whore and not owning e-books of what can be found

>>264095

To be fair...
>>263386
This looks like it was made for children.

>>264095
killjoy

>>263341
http://video.pbs.org/video/1772022578

>>264213

2012, still having a large book collection/being a consumer whore and not owning e-books of what can be found

>implying people who read prolifically can find all the books they want to read in e-book version.
>implying people want to read books that have "niggersgunnanig" randomly pop up in them
>implying books aren't better than e-readers

books will be around when a solar flare consumes the world's electronics
>will have instructions in them
>how to build and fix shit
>collect books

>>264213

Sorry, e-readers don't give me the texture and smell of that old paper thats yellowing but is still perfectly legible and readable.

I buy almost all of my books from used book stores.

I'm building a book case right now, but I'm slightly frustrated because I feel like I can't get a straight enough (vertically) cut with my jig saw. I didn't even realize that my cuts weren't straight until I went to sand them. It's fixable thankfully, but in the way that just means that I have to repeat a lot of hard work and figure out a better way of doing the rest of the cuts for the other parts of it.

Here's a quick sketch I have of what I have in mind. My goal is to be able to slide everything together and just use wood glue. I feel this design probably has a good deal of strength without using braces.

i remember a design that was just wood boxes that stacked like bricks. you could use them to build walls, and also had the advantage of being storage containers for when you move

>>264266
>implying people who read prolifically can find all the books they want to read in e-book version.
Nope.
>'...not owning e-books of what can be found'

>implying people want to read books that have "niggersgunnanig" randomly pop up in them
Oh yeah totally happens all the time in the 15+ hours a week I use mine.

>implying books aren't better than e-readers
Negative bud.
>light, portable and packable
>adjustable font size
>built in dictionary
>able to make notes without marking the book
>quickly navigate to author's notes without flipping to the back of the book
>holds charge for a very long time. Solar charging case eliminates DURR DA BATTERY DED
>can easily share copies of books while keeping a copy for yourself

The only thing books are better at is displaying images. And looking at pictures & diagrams isn't really reading last time I checked.

Asides from your ostentatious coffee table books, rare books and textbooks your excuses are lame and pitiful.

in before
>THE SMELLL AND FEEELLLL

Keep smelling and rubbing dead trees you eLuddite pulp hoarder.

>>264334

Actually, you were not in before the smell and the feel, see
>>264307

I feel awkward holding them. I kind of like the electronic ink in my kindle, but it's irritating that I can't read it in the dark. Can't have the best of both worlds I suppose.

I prefer having hard copies of books, but I also use my kindle on occasion. Ereaders are fantastic for travelling, but on a day to day basis, I'll take something printed.

Also, for the adjustable font size, I've never had an issue reading a book. If you have problems, get glasses, because you are probably farsighted or some bullshit.

If you need a dictionary more than a couple times in a book, you should probably reconsider reading it, as it's probably beyond your level. Personally, I learn from context, and I can't remember the last time I had to use a dictionary for a novel.

>>264334
>Nope.
I assume you're agreeing with me as it's true. Then again, I read books that are more than five years old.
>'...not owning e-books of what can be found'
I do on occasion when I'm out of town I've downloaded one or two. The setup was terrible, plenty of fucked up words, and frankly I don't enjoy staring at a computer screen for hours just to read.
>Oh yeah totally happens all the time in the 15+ hours a week I use mine.
I take it you don't know what captcha is used for and it's happened more often then not in the few times I've bothered with them.
>light, portable and packable
So is a book
>adjustable font size
Solution looking for a problem; don't forget your glasses, of wait, if you did you still wouldn't be able to read
>built in dictionary
You read 15+ hours a day and can't use context clues or simply don't know the definition of almost all the words you come across?
>able to make notes without marking the book
limited to whatever your e-reader allows, if it does, assuming you bought the expensive one.
>quickly navigate to author's notes without flipping to the back of the book
How old are you, 15? Authors notes tend to be at the bottom of pages or in margins. Either way, flipping to the back of the a book is much easier than fast forwarding to the back or whatever you need to find said notes.
>holds charge for a very long time. Solar charging case eliminates DURR DA BATTERY DED
Assuming on has said device. Either way, not a problem for books

Good ole' field too long.

To add, enjoy your library disappearing in 10 years because your ereader all the sudden shat itself because it's an electronic device (one built by the lowest bidder at that)
>can easily share copies of books while keeping a copy for yourself
Assuming there is no embedded DRM
>The only thing books are better at is displaying images. And looking at pictures & diagrams isn't really reading last time I checked.
You aren't in a STEM field are you? Take a materials science course and say that.
>Asides from your ostentatious coffee table books, rare books and textbooks your excuses are lame and pitiful.
Hardly, there are so many more books out there than what you find at your B&N or through Amazon. Perhaps you'll figure that out one day and join us back in the real world when you can't find an e-book that doesn't exist.
in before
>THE SMELLL AND FEEELLLL
Some people enjoy it, I like that I'm reading in a non-fucked up format and know there isn't anything left out or fucked up.
>TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS BETTER
Keep thinking thattalented /diy/er#44; let me know when you actually NEED more than one book a day when you're not going to a class you ADHD fuck.

>>264095
Make good point. Good post.

>>264334
Is troll.

But a ebook maybe die in ten years. But a bunch maybe might happen to your books. Ebook are pretty simplistic machine. Unlike complicate cellphones and laptops with lot of moving pieces and complicate pieces that breaks often. It not get hot like them either.

You idea of science or engineer student is not a good one. I keep only a very few of my books after finishing my Engineers degree. I move and am on road often. A lot of the text book you keep for references have electronic one out. While my Kindle no view them good my 10 inches tablet shows them good. Search and index work good and quick. And my tablet costed about as much as two textbook and certainly weigh less!

If I were old and had stable house and keep plenty of book it would have to be useful otherwise. Like my picture. I feel Kindle nice when need but books are nice as well.

>>263347
this is cute, equally distributed load. the depression of each shelf indicates its mass relative to the others.

the lighter shelves exert less force and stay higher up.

this is probably very cool to look at as you take and replace books, just wish it was larger

My bookcase(s) incoming. I've got 6 of them. This is two simple 10$ from target, with a long and short bookcase that I found on the curb on top

>>264466
Another angle so you can see the bigger bottom shelves, filled with strategy guides and /tg/ things. Those binders out of print games that I've self printed.

>>264468
These guys are from Pier 1. They display shelves for in store that they left out by the dumpster. A fresh coat of varnish and sealer and they're mine!

>>264469
I've got another shelve of reference books but it is in my office which is a disaster zone

I usually just sell whatever books I've read. Considering I buy most of them second-hand it seems fitting. Obviously I keep some books, like referance books, nicely bound classics and art books, but I dont really see the attraction of accumulating thousands of books in your house when you're never going to open most of them after the first read. Just seems like you're trying to show off how well read you are.

>>264391
>>264393
I'm sorry you had a bawwwwwd experience due to your own incompetence and now hate ereaders
>...agreeing with me as...
I'm sorry it was to complicated for you to understand my own quote was the response. I thought the second time it might have sunk in.

>I don't enjoy staring at a computer screen for hours just to read
I'm sorry, when I read I'm too busy reading instead of caring about if it's digital or not.

>captcha
I have no idea what you're talking about. Seems your grasping at straws of nothing?

>books being portable as an ereader
Have fun caring multiple books or moving

>if you did[forget your glasses]you still wouldn't be able to read
Your ignorance and prejudice is glaringly obvious. You can make the font huge on an ereader, large enough for someone who needs reading glasses to read.

>implying incompetence due to not knowing the entire English language
My apologies I haven't mastered every obscure type of animal, fabric, historic figure, or any other little unknown thread like you.

>limited to ereader...bought the expensive one
They're less than $100. The tier lists are not really existent. Also I have no idea what mainstream ereader won't let you take notes. Even the touch devices have virtual keyboards. Once again your ignorance is showing.
>How old are you, 15?
>baww you a child bawww
One click to find note. One click to go back. No searching, flipping or whatever.

>Assuming on has said device
If it's not on said device, it's safe to assume the user has a cellphone or computer since they have an ereader. A charge will last for a long time, longer for the casual reader. I consider charging for ~30 minutes much less of supposed 'hassle' then going to the store and having to buy your next book.

>>264505
This guy knows what's up.

>>263370
yep, often by design to stimulate the brain before academic reading.

I've been thinking for some time to build a bookshelf out of tetris blocks. Or I mean I would saw some boards up and paint them and whatever.
Haven't really made any sketch of it yet and I'm not very experienced in this matter.
However I think it would be a cool design.

>>264307
Your jig cuts are gonna be rought. That's what a plane and a sander are for. Ideally, if you're going for something professional, the last few mm should be done by plane and then sanded.
Course my bookshelves were banged up in a few hours with a mitre saw and a hammer, but I'll get around to making a "perfect" set when I get finished reading everything on them. ;)

>2012
>physical books

shiggy

anyone got any tutorials for any of these or any simple bookshelf project?

I'm gonna be needing one soon and would love to try out making my own but I have no experience working with this kind of stuff at all.

Thanks for fucking up the thread, ereader vs book faggots.

>>266446

>drop/lose your ereader
>laughingwhores.jpg
>I continue to read my book as you cry