The Bitching Thread

[Death BOO Z]

208968_499028063494074_371526359_n.jpg
I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it. I hope it does the trick for you.
I also enjoy taking apart small electronics, mostly fans.

[Kraco]

I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it.

You could have painted the pieces...

[Animeniax]

You could have painted the pieces...

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

I don't know if making my own shoes and props (preparing wood from scraps, etc.) and what not counts as construction experience, but I am learning how to use all the heavy machinery in shop. It's so sexy.

Sure that counts too. Next time you have to use a hammer or saw, you'll have that previous experience to rely on.

Try a relax fit, perhaps? I decided my jeans are a little too much on the baggy side, and decided to finally spend enough time at a jeans store to figure out what really fits well, and ended up with a staight fit.

You wear Levi's jeans? How gauche.

[Kraco]

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

Who knows. I got pieces of old but high quality particle board with both sides laminated. I roughened the surfaces with sandpaper and they painted just fine, as long as the paint was applied sparingly. Maybe it's just the quality of the photo, but it looks like the surfaces have seen better days. However, the edges look like raw, sawed surface (as far as I can see). When you buy a shelf, the edges are always veneered, painted, or otherwise finished, so that's the norm to follow also when doing it yourself (unless it's real wood and you decide to leave it as is, of course).

Mechanically removing old, industrial paint from "scrap" particle board to repaint it was sheer madness, however, which I won't soon repeat, so I wouldn't recommend it to anybody else either.

[Abdula]

I thought of the exact same 3 things, in the same order, an hour ahead but decided not to post. Creepy.

Not going to say anything about you and Buff thinking alike. It is uncanny when that happens though.

I built a hamster cage once.

I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it. I hope it does the trick for you.
I also enjoy taking apart small electronics, mostly fans.

Lol at you two trying to impress Sapphire with your mighty manly works, especially since I have you both beat. Reminds me of that episode of Home Improvement when they brought that woman on tool time and Tim and Al were trying to impress her by listing all the things they ever made. Love it though

@ DBZ: Kraco is right you could have painted it but it is fine without it. I want to know if there is some specific reason that there is nothing on the left side? Also curious why you didn't just put the 4 shelves vertically, smaller ones at the top, larger at the bottom. I think that would have been better, especially since you seem to be averse to putting anything on the left