Hi all. I've searched google but haven't come across anything specifically on what I'm trying to do. I'd like to build a wooden book case which will span the width of a smallish room and also go pretty much from the floor to the ceiling. The wall is nine foot wide by eight foot high. I have a pretty simple design. From the front, with the shelves taken out, it will look something like:
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Actually it will sit on a small "pedestal" to lift it about half a foot from the floor. The shelves will be adjustable in height within each of the vertical sections. The back will be done using sections of ply and the whole lot will be attached permanently to the wall.
My problem is that, while I'm not at all particularly skilled at this sort of thing, I'd be confident enough to build the whole thing if I had a large work area. However, it is going to have to be built in place in the little room hich is going to be a bit tricky. In particular, I'm stumped trying to think of a way of getting the ply onto the back of the thing. Once he above shape is put together, I wont be able to get behind it to screw the ply on. I can't even think of a way of doing it in sections. I want ply at the back because I want an "all wood" look to the thing.
Any ideas? I hope I've managed to convey what I'm trying to do. cheers, gd.