Thanks for the suggestions. It's going to be a new bookstore with a small
coffee bar attached to it. Nice wood floors. Nice bookshelves with lots of
space. I'm looking forward to it. It's going to open late next summer. (I'm
hoping that will give me lots of time to build the bookcases and get
everything ready.) It's going to named the Avid Reader.
Sean
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:02:28 -0800, "S. Dees"
calmly ranted:

The one solution that I have found that seems to be the best so far is to
just trim a small angle off the bottom of the sides so that the shelf
actually leans against the wall. (Then drill a cleat into the wall to
mount
the shelf onto to provide stability, and a larger cleat at the bottom so
that the bookcase couldn't be pushed backwards at the bottom.)

And I was half kidding when I said to do that, too. g

What the bookshelf companies are doing is making the shelf
deeper, then angling the backs inward and dadoing the shelves
at that angle. 2 single-panel wide ends cover two shelves with
space in the middle at the bottom.


Thanks for all the suggestions, and if anyone has any further advice I
gladly look forward to hearing it.

Take an angle gauge (offroad stores and Harbor Freight have them)
into a bookstore and measure the actual angle. (8 to 12 degrees
ought to do it.) Alternatively, measure the depth of the cabinet
and the depth to the back, then figure it yourself.

Mark the angle for the end pieces, then cut them to the narrow
topped beasts they'll be so they're lighter to work with.

Cut slots in the end pieces at that angle, creating a V shape for
the 2 backs, then cut the shelf dadoes @ 90 degrees to them.

If you prefinish all the pieces before cutting, a quick spray of
lacquer will tidy them up once they're assembled.

Glue 'em and screw 'em once they're at the site or consider quick
disconnect hardware so they're portable.

Good luck. That sounds like a helluva lot of heavy work even before
you get your stock of books.


Question: What type of bookstore are you opening? New, used, rare,
remaindered stock? I'm a book fiend. scritch, scritch, scritch


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