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Recipe shelf
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Whip up this great recipe shelf for your kitchen
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By Gary Walchuk, photo by Donna Griffith, illustration by Len Churchill
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This recipe box has a shelf for all your family's favourite cookbooks and drawers for recipe cards
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A recipe tells you how to bring together a list of ingredients to produce a tasty dish. Similarly, these plans show you how to bring together a list of materials to build a home for your favourite recipes.
Begin this project by creating a template for the top ends of the sides. Use the pattern in the plans or get a full-size version you can print by visiting our templates page.
Before cutting any of your parts to size, sand your pine stock with 120-grit sandpaper so it's ready for painting when you are done building the project.
Using your tablesaw or a handsaw, cut the side pieces to seven inches wide x 14 1/2" long. Measure 11" from the bottom edge and 2 1/2" from the back edge to locate the centre of the three-inch-radius pivot point for the curved top ends. Use the template or a compass directly on the stock to mark this rounded shape. You'll need the template to mark the remaining portion of the top end, the area with an interior curve. Once the curves are marked, cut out the sides using a scrollsaw, bandsaw, jigsaw or even a coping saw.
Next, mark lines on the inside surfaces of the sides that are 5 1/2" from their bottom edges. Cut a 3/4"-wide x 1/4"-deep dado groove across each side at this location using a dado blade in your tablesaw. The width of the grooves must match the thickness of the shelf. Cut rabbet grooves of the same dimensions along the bottom edges of the sides.
Want an even easier option? You can eliminate the need for dado and rabbet grooves, opting for simple butt joints reinforced with #20 biscuits or 3/8"-diameter x 1 1/4"-long dowels. Just remember to cut the shelves 1/2" shorter than the listed dimensions if you choose this option.
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