Calling carpenters

[Deanspoors]

Okay, so i'd like to make/build/design a bookcase, something like this.. 

 

 

As you see the wood is tapered from thickest at the base to narrowest at the tips. What wood should I use? I was thinking hardwood, but might struggle to find 10" widths.

 

Also how would I go about tapering the wood? I was thinking about using sacrificial planks on each side of the wood set at the taper I required and then putting them through a thicknesser like such... 

 

http://www.hsstoolshop.co.uk/thicknesser-for-hire-1817-p.asp

 

 

and then theres the whole, how do I join the pieces together   I was thinking of drilling holes down the lengths of the plank probably 5mm dia x 6" and using rods bent at the appropriate angle to join, sort of like a metal angled dowel, and then gluing? would that work? .... this is a minefield 

 

Dean

[Deanspoors]

I think this might work for tapering using a thicknesser? 

 

[Andy (Sycho)]

Tapering the timber is the easy bit! I would do it exactly as you have suggested, as long as your thickneser is man enough with a long enough bed.

As for joining there's a hell of a lot of work getting that together!!!

[Deanspoors]

How would you recommend I joined the wood Sycho? 

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

what about using a biscuit jointer, I seem to remember them being used for all sorts of things when I used to watch some american joiner program on one of the cable channels some time ago. 

[Deanspoors]

what about using a biscuit jointer, I seem to remember them being used for all sorts of things when I used to watch some american joiner program on one of the cable channels some time ago. 

 

I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong, and I hope I am, because biscuit joints look relatively easy, but I don't think they will be able to support the load which will be required. 

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

You could try something thing like this 

 

If you don't want the full back ground then you could trim it back to be flush with the stems and branches. 

[Andy (Sycho)]

You would be surprised how strong biscuit joints are when used with a polyurethane glue, not sure it would be that easy with all the diffrent angles though.

But as in the Video I think you would have to glue & fix it all to a back board to give it strength, even the one in your picture is on a back board.

Andy

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

I do like that! Sadly, though, I don't have the wall space for it.

[pistonbroke]

For joining you could  go with fillet joints using epoxy , I use West Sytem with an added  filler like colloidal silica , but there are several options and  plenty of "how to" stuff  on utube 

[Deanspoors]

thanks for the replies, still really unsure on how to go about this, well the jointing part. 

 

I would have liked to use this joint, but not sure what tooling I would need and if it's even viable. 

 

 

I'll probably end up biscuit jointing it, with support from a plywood backboard. 

 

Dean

[litcoat]

Can you not buy one flat pack with all necessary bits, it looks like an IKEA special, whoever did that made a hell of a job of it