Tetras Shelf Question....

Re: Tetras Shelf Question....

Mark Hennebury

Seems like there are lots of them being made.Many examples have diagrams and measurements etc.

Interesting...Not exactly what I had in mind...

Barry Irby

But still Interesting.... I was thinking much smaller and and a bunch of loose pieces that could be assembled and reassembled in many different ways. Hmmm!

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AZ in Colorado Springs

Barry, I'd suggest pieces that interlock like the cardboard dividers in a case of liquor. Four inches tall, various lengths in multiples of 4" (plus the thickness of the material) which could be rearranged, more like Leggos than Tetris (but it would look like a Tetris puzzel). You give her a large collection with several of each of the lengths, so not all are necessarily used each time.

Re: Tetras Shelf Question....

Dick Coers

For treasures, I'd go with more like a shadow box. Mirror back even. I'd use a V bit to notch the sides and bevel the ends of the shelves to a V. Not as obtrusive as an empty dado.

I like it, wonder how big it is

Barry Irby

And wonder about the geometry of the grooves and ends.

Mirror back could be heavy.

Thanks, I am thinking about it.

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Yonak

Barry, I would think it would be more versatile and more stable if it were, either, to be built from the floor or on some kind of stand resting on the floor, which could also include shelves or cubbies, rather than trying to hang it on the wall. This would, also, make it portable.

This base could be contoured in such a way that various shapes and sizes of modules could be stacked in various ways with some sort of nesting design which would keep everything stable. Maybe everything could lean slightly backward to keep it against the wall. All the components wouldn't have to be squared ; a clever design could include some angles, as well.

It wouldn't be considered fine furniture and, as such, I'd use screws holding together boxes made of as thin of material as you think you can get away with to make it lightweight. This would be a fantastically interesting design project. I envy you.

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John McGaw

I like the idea of the V-notch. I was considering a project like that a few years back and was going to use dadoes. Of course, like 90% of my "projects" nothing ever became of it.

On a stand????

Barry Irby

Giving that some thought. Her Dad just bought a new house and I doubt he would look kindly on hanging it on the wall. But, a stand might just suit him. Now to think about a design that will suit both of them, mainly her.

Re: Tetras Shelf Question....

William Duffield

If you decide to use Festool Dominoes to build these very small containers, I 'll offer the following suggestions:

First, if you don't already have one, get the 4 mm cutter and a supply of 4 mm tenons.

Since the parts are so small, holding and positioning them while cutting the mortises is going to be difficult. I think this would be much easier if you either bought or reverse engineered a pair of third party accessories for your DF500: These are the Seneca Woodworking Dock Plate XL and Ramon Valdez Fine Furniture’s base to mount Domino XL upright on bench top. I don't think you would have any problem building both of them from scratch. Of course, you would need to scale down your base to fit the DF500 instead of the DF700XL.

https://www.senecawoodworking.com/products/dock-plate-xl

Veddy Interresting....

Barry Irby

Seneca has some neat stuff. I have watched their video several times. I will watch it again, and again.

If nothing else, this setup would save picking up the Domino dozens of times. That would be quite a workout.

Thanks for telling me.

Re: Veddy Interresting....

William Duffield

The DomiPlate XL, since it attaches only to the Domino's fence, should fit the DF500 the same way it attaches to the DF700 XL. Don't quote me on this, because I haven't actually done it, but I have built other jigs that I know will attach to the fence of either machine.

It's other advantage is it should be easier to clamp small parts accurately to the plate using an easily positioned clamp and preset stops than trying to clamp it to the bench top, where the clamps always seem to interfere with the fence and you often have to carefully align the cursor with each part.

I haven't done it yet, but I think it should be easy to reverse engineer the plate for your specific needs, and if you like to design jigs, adding capabilities to it should be interesting.

Re: Veddy Interresting....

Barry Irby

I do like making jigs. What I normally do is cobble one together as proof of concept with the intention of making the real one of superb Quality, but I never do. I keep the prototype going until the job is over and then put it on the shelf. Years later I look at it and think, "Why did I make this?" Maybe I should make this an exception and finally grow up.

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William Duffield

What I learned, the hard way, after staring at a selection of "What the @#$%*(& is this?!?" is to write the jig's title, description and instructions on the jig, with circles and arrows at all the important parts and markings. But. did I really learn? Well, not completely. Just last ointh, I picked up a pair of gizmos, and cursed at them for two weeks, before I finally figured out they were auxiliary vise jaws for holding a chain saw bar for sharpening. I still haven't figure out which vise they are intended to be used on.

But, then, last week at a ww guild I belong to, one of the wits quipped, "Your jigs are nicer than our president's finished projects."