pipe book shelvs

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• Dec 22, 2015

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I built this in a day. The wife had me install some metal pipe shelf above the kitchen window, turned out good so I decided to make a book shelf...

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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raw materials and two long pipes

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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cut to length and threaded

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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drilled out holes in the wood to fit the pipes and put the ends together before carrying it all upstairs...

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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Finally anchored it to the ceiling and built from the top down...

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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First post here, sorry for the thumbnails, if I knew how to make the pictures bigger or easier on the eyes.

 

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• Dec 22, 2015

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Nice work look's like an interesting and useful project.