Royce Meritt
02-06-2006, 11:28 AM
I am making a wall shelf for my neighbor that is in the shape of "home plate". It will be used to display autographed baseballs. Construction is 3/4" oak sides with 1/4" plywood back. Shelves will be 1/4" thick oak stock with 1.5" holes drilled through the shelf for the balls to rest in. (He supplied the material.) Here's my problem. I cut the parts and assembled the sides and back. No problems. After I had assembled the sides and back I realized I had not cut the 1/4" dados in the sides to hold the 1/4" shelves. Too late to disassemble and cut the dados. (see my crude sketch I attached)
Any suggestions as to how I can now attach the shelves? I thought about drilling 1/8" holes in the sides for 1/8" dowels to support the shelves or using those brass shelf support pins or even attaching some small wooden strips on the sides to support the shelves. Any other thoughts that I may be missing? Thanks.
Any suggestions as to how I can now attach the shelves? I thought about drilling 1/8" holes in the sides for 1/8" dowels to support the shelves or using those brass shelf support pins or even attaching some small wooden strips on the sides to support the shelves. Any other thoughts that I may be missing? Thanks.