The
Heart-Shaped, 3-Tier Stand
A
simple, timeless design that easily fits right in with practically any room
décor!
Here’s
the perfect addition for almost any room in your home. This attractive,
3-tier Stand with
its heart-shaped shelves is ideal for a multitude of uses. A nightstand
in the bedroom…telephone stand in the kitchen…plant or display
stand in the family or living room. The list goes on.
We’re sure that once you build one for yourself and discover how easy
and quick it is to make, you’ll want to build them for all your special
friends and relatives. We cut out our shelves on the Bandsaw. However, depending
on how many Stands you want to build, the Shopsmith Overarm
Pin Router could make fast, easy work of cutting out and shaping the
edges of the shelves.
Our example is made of cherry.
1: Joint and glue-up sufficient stock to make the three Shelves (A). Use
Bar Clamps to ensure a
tight fit and be sure to allow at least 24 hours for the glue to dry properly
before proceeding.
2: Once the glue has dried thoroughly, examine the stock carefully and use
a Hand
Scraper to remove any glue squeeze-out. Then run the stock through the
Thickness Planer to bring everything to a 3/4" thickness.
3: Lay out one of the heart shapes on one end of your shelf stock…then
rough-cut the three
Shelf blanks off your 40” long piece of stock (See
Fig. 1)
4: Stack the three Shelf blanks on top of one another with a couple of lengths
of double
stick
tape between each Shelf in the stack (be sure the blank with the pattern
on it is on top.)
5: Use your Bandsaw with the pad sawing technique to cut out all three heart-shaped
Shelves at
once.
6: While the Shelves are still taped together, set-up your MARK V to in
the Disc Sander mode
and sand the 1-5/8” wide flat surfaces at the three indicated points
(See Fig. 2).
7: Cut the Legs (B) to size.
8: Following the dimensions in Figure 3,
cut the 3/4” wide x 1/4” deep dadoes in the Legs (B)
9: Using a Shaper
or Router
set-up, round over the edges of the Shelves (A)
and Legs (B) being careful not to round over
in the areas where the Shelves and Legs attach to each other.
10: Counterbore 3/8” diameter x 1/4”deep holes in the outside
of the Legs (B), centered over the
dadoes (See Fig. 3), then
drill through their centers for the screw bodies.
11: Assemble the Stand as shown in Fig. 4 using 1-1/2” x #6 wood screws.
Cover the screw
heads with 3/8” screw plugs or buttons.
12: Finish to suit your décor.
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