Making a Buit-in Library Wall With a Rolling Ladder

[@JackGladstoneHolroyde]

Ah, new This Young Tony upload

[@mrdebug6581]

😂😂😂👏🏻

[@thecatofnineswords]

He's learned how to show his hands just nicely.

[@trashes_to_treasures]

Hobby woodworker here. If you use a hole saw, just cut halfway and then drill from the other side to prevent tearout. Nice project though! Like it 🙋‍♀️

[@davearthur514]

You've done a bloody good job there Mr.Artisan.

[@koputai]

‘The Design of Everyday Things’, that’s a great book.

[@MCPuckett77]

As a woodworker I'd say you did fine. Everything looked great at the end of the six weeks.

[@Tvngsten]

I use built-in libraries too, like 'os', 'random', 'csv', 'json' and 're'

[@neonteepee8453]

Small tip for next time. You can buy dowels that fill up the pocket hole gashes, or what I did was for anything above the eyeline I put the pocket holes on the top of the shelf. Your books cover them up.

[@seansysig]

Gee thanks mate it came out surprisingly good for IKEA,pine, and 2x4’s. The barn door hardware was a little much with your lathe and mill skills. I was watching the video and my bookworm wife came home and had this glazed look in her eyes. When the video ended she looked at me and said I thought he manipulated metal and he made that with minimal skills and tools. She proceeded to point out that my shop has a table saw, miter saw, jointer, planer, drill press, router table, and dust collection and wants to know why she doesn’t have a dedicated wall for her books yet I have a hardwood wall of Ryobi tools. Guess what I’m making this coming Spring. She wants the TV in a lift cabinet so it’s out of sight when entertaining. I’ll never get my Little Machine Shop Hi Torque mill now.

[@clasdauskas]

Au contraire - make the bookshelf and she'll probably buy you the mill :)

[@user-rs1990]

This should be one of my dream projects!

[@steveflorey8663]

Lovely job. This shows what you can do with your skill sets if you just take your time and think about it for a little bit before you start. Even using lesser grade materials than you would like shows how you can still achieve a very good finish.😊

[@evangates1547]

My day just got 20 minutes better

[@st170ish]

Looks good mate, no shame in using pine its better than using mdf. I'd say get some rollers for the bottom of the ladder

[@philgray4780]

This looks absolutely brilliant , well Done

[@frrapp2366]

a couple of design changes you could do on the ladder -- put a flat surface in the middle of the ladder rungs to be a better standing surface, 2nd you could put a couple of soft wheels on the bottom of the ladder to roll across the floor. wish we had a place that we could put something like it great vid --ENJOY your NEW Library have fun

[@kiwishamoo6494]

Run a led strip light across the back of the top shelf and put a small strip of wood in front to hide - will be really effective uplighting

[@kabal911]

That ladder design is awesome 👍

[@pendarischneider]

Agree. Adding to the belt and braces approach I had the idea of adding pocket screws from the outside of the inner uprights fixed into each rung. These are then hidden by the outer upright layer, and this still leaves room for the dowels. I'm neither engineer or woodworker so this addition is likely redundant. Call it over engineered. Its main intention is to add to the glue joints preventing the uprights ever bowing outwards from the rungs. As for the shelves over the TV -- a 50mm strip across the underside at the mid point front to back would likely bring those shelves up to full spec. Adding to the other comment about floor rollers on the ladder -- frequent use will leave a mark on the flooring so a strategic "strip of something" might be a good preventative. Keep up the good work, the videos are always fun to watch, and, incite a good bit of "maybe I can do that" 👍

[@alankeith7866]

That turned out fantastic!!!

[@65cj55]

Top Job & Cool Doggo..

[@michaellinahan7740]

when coping the skirting board a good trick is to angle the saw cut back from the mark this makes the joint easier to hide. Not bad for a first major project in wood.

[@noobFab]

Looks fabulous! Maybe look at wallmounting the new TV so you can have an equal gap above and below - maybe also bring it out from the wall a bit and light behind it?

[@artisanmakes]

That’s the plan but I have to fingers out the audio set up first. And that’s a plan for another day

[@jholmessiedle]

Great result - love the combo of dressing up an Ikea base set - and the ladder works brill!

[@DH-xw6jp]

I was going to rate this 0/10 for lack of hacksaw, but i think the coping saw was close enough to give you a pass. It looks good.

[@douglasharley2440]

i hope you glued those pocket-screwed joints!...otherwise, i am not sure they will be able to reliably hold books (any lateral movement, like a heavy book tipping over will create torsion stress that i don't think the screws alone will keep tight).

[@douglasharley2440]

oh, i see later that you screwed the shelves into the stud...they ain't going nowhere! 👍

[@billdoodson4232]

Bet your neighbours were really happy with you using a multi-tool on the walls at 2 in the morning.

[@artisanmakes]

Yeah Im a bit lucky that its currently unoccupied

[@stevedavey1343]

​@artisanmakes "I wonder if the other apartments are currently unoccupied" was the first thing that popped into my head when you mentioned the time you were doing this. 😊 Oh, and thank you for another great video. 😊 p.s. have you got a bandsaw yet? Just a little portaband even? It would save me from empathic muscle soreness when watching your videos. 😂

[@jasongarland3165]

Bravo! Looks great for someone who doesn't do much wood working

[@smash5967]

Now add some rollerblade wheels to the bottom of the ladder (and some end stops with rubber bumpers) so you can slide across the wall.

[@unperrier5998]

At 15:15 it's the wrong type of screw for pockets, mate. Pocket screws are flat but you're using taperred screws which will split the wood as it moves with time and moisture.

[@artisanmakes]

ops

[@WaskiSquirrel]

I love this! A large, built-in bookshelf has long been a dream of mine as well!

[@poormansclaim9131]

Something that might be neat is if you make some hand tools in the machine shop( like a hand plane, chisels, rasps, etc) also if you want to get better at woodworking, a project that helped me was just making some small decorative storage crates

[@monkeysausageclub]

Looks good pal. Nice work. I remember the pain of cutting sheet material up with a circular saw and straight edge. If ever someone needed a track saw 😊

[@fatbarrybrown]

AWESOME!

[@Foxy-za]

12:10 most satisfying part of painting and caulking

[@benkennett6749]

Looks great.

[@Vikingwerk]

Nicely done!

[@kurttaz]

Outstanding

[@bigmotter001]

Fantastic job. Now I want to make one but don't have any wall space. Thanks for all you have done for your subs and take care!

[@tas32engineering]

The library design is very functional. The question is what will be on the top shelf.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Nice work with the coping saw.

[@sparkiekosten5902]

Milk crates!...Where would we be without them?😁

[@artisanmakes]

The ultimate modular workbench

[@Gravattack]

Awesome job. It's probably been said but I wouldnt have a lot of faith in your pocket hole fixed shelves for much weight or long term

[@artisanmakes]

No it hasn’t but it’ll be fine

[@joelmason6818]

You should go do a video with Pask Makes for wood working and Cutting Edge Engineering for metal working. Would make for some great watching!

[@mDoThis]

Doing it during the nighttime you would be a perfect neighbour lol

[@artisanmakes]

You do have to be careful with that regard. Local laws noise rules and all means all the loud power tool work needs to be done by the latest 8pm. I was lucky that my neighbour was overseas for a good chunk of this project so no one to annoy in that regard

[@mDoThis]

@@artisanmakes Yeah, in my country loud noises are legally allowed till 10PM but there's a catch - if it's somehow considered as 'burdensome' loud noise it is acceptable till 6PM only.

[@tomcobey4015]

Looks great! Nice work.

[@georgetouliatos5972]

Head to the shop and make some wheels for the bottom of the ladder.

[@huntz3215]

Thought you would have made the ladder hardware, really neat job with attention too detail. Grats.

[@stevengunter3457]

looks good

[@lindonwatson5402]

mate, that looks great

[@Vampier]

I didn't recognize you without metal working tools :D

[@chickenman297]

Recommend you get an impact driver to put those heavy duty screws in.

[@artisanmakes]

I know but this is a one off project and I doubt ill ever be doing anything this big ever agin. cheers

[@2aminitials]

One thing that will help when driving screws is use Torx or square drive screws. I won't buy Phillips screws unless it is the only option.

[@chickenman297]

@@2aminitialsYeah. Hex works good as well.

[@artisanmakes]

For sure. Unfortunately here most screws are Philips head unless it’s decking or specialised.

[@toxicboytoxic6882]

Job well ❤❤❤

[@Thats_Mr_Random_Person_to_you]

I just love the idea of whomever lives there next (whenever that is) finding a perfect stud, then promptly drilling through their fibre optic internet cable 😜

[@Narwaro]

Hehe, youre turning into a woodworking channel. I dont mind

[@smashyrashy]

Came out fantastic, still a bit expensive but it looks well

[@4GibMe]

What!!!!!! you didn't make your own ladder hardware at your shop? Thumbs up, well done dude.

[@zvonibab]

well done

[@drucker03]

You're right you are not a woodworker, but you did a good job. By the way: There's nothing wrong with pine.

[@21gioni]

Pine was a safer choice than MDF, MDF is toxic to work with. The ladder looks good and I was wondering how you would prevent the Stringers from spreading.

[@jesseservice7828]

Muito bom ! Parabéns.

[@riskone9336]

Your next investment needs to be an impact driver!...Those poor screw heads!

[@jc13781]

I think you would be surprised that a lumber company might be better than buying individually packaged pieces of laminated pine. And you would get a nice variety of a hard wood which will look better and stand the test of time better than a softwood like pine. As long as you figure out how much you will need, often times they will cut it all to size for you as well for little if any extra cost.

[@artisanmakes]

Yeah but I’m. It spending $6000 on wood panels anything soon, which is roughly the estimated price I got

[@jc13781]

@@artisanmakes dang if the lumber store wants 6k for a wood package like that, I feel really bad for my mates down under. 😥 Would probably cost me under 1000 for a wood package that size in the United States, as long as I’m willing to go with whatever is on sale and not expect perfect no knot walnut.

[@artisanmakes]

Unfortunately that’s the reality down here. Smaller market, more spread out over the country and not a huge demand for this type of wood, especially in small quantities like I’d need.

[@rjung_ch]

Nice job, pretty big to be doing it all alone. Question: To move the ladder you just pull it away a tad to lift the legs of the ground I guess? Cheers 👍💪✌

[@artisanmakes]

Yes, it has thick rubber pads on the bottom to keep it in place so I hav euro lift it slightly to move it

[@markramsell454]

The guys who do trim for a living will cut the cope at an angle like 45 degrees. It forms a tight knife edge at the joint. The piece behind it is normally just butted to the wall. Outer joints naturally require both ends to be mitered but the trick there is to add a degree to the miter to get the sharp edge. Can't add much because the inner part of the joint won't look right. A nice thin bead of caulk makes other imperfections in the long joint go away.

[@arazusaysbah6784]

I've never seen anyone back bevel a cope joint at 45. That's way to much. 10-15 is plenty.

[@improprietary1]

that ladder is gonna be able to take a beating, stairs nowadays are built from MDF and biscuit joints

[@ebob426]

No machining in the entire video still managed to get the grinder in the video. 👏

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

life long... well for the last 20 mins... =D

[@DH-xw6jp]

I was going to give it a 0/10 for the lack of hacksawing, but i guess the coping saw is close enough to give you a pass. It looks good.

[@alanjs1]

Nice pic of the Heart Nebula. You into astronomy aswell? I'm an astrophotographer. I took a good pic of the Heart nebula a few months ago. It's my fave pic so far.

[@artisanmakes]

I do like my astronomy, for a while I did some Astro photography with a friend of mine who was doing art in university. He had some crazy expensive lenses for the task. But this photo is the wall saver for Sony tvs and not a bad choice from them.

[@NathanielHatley]

What hardware did you use at the bottom of the ladder for it to roll along the floor? I dont recall seeing it in the video. Great job by the way, it looks great!

[@rowanrobinson]

Looks fantastic. We recently got a custom bookshelf made from Polytec Quartiera Malpe and it was 4 shelves wide and 6 high (plus one above the door) and it was $AUD8k installed. You've saved a hell of a lot of money and it looks awesome. Are you going to wall mount the TV?

[@artisanmakes]

Thankyou. I am planning on mounting the tv once I decide on the audio set up and once I am able to rope a few people into helping me with tabg

[@dougmorgan6616]

I like the rolling ladder. BTW, you now need a bigger TV.

[@dougmorgan6616]

I commented too soon on the TV

[@PermireFabrica]

nice build, but add some felt under the ladder feet.

[@artisanmakes]

I’ve gone with rubber to keep it in place

[@PermireFabrica]

@@artisanmakes Be careful with rubber! We got marks from some rubber feet in the past. We reckon it was the softener in it.

[@alan-sk7ky]

17:34 Not using the hacksaw then?😀

[@wilkbilt]

Do you own the property where you installed this?

[@JETHO321]

What are you using for a shop if youre in an apartment?

[@artisanmakes]

The garage

[@saheilaanarzee5552]

is it a buit-in shelf or a built in shelf

[@debeeriz]

l think one of those boards was 10 thou short

[@artisanmakes]

Anyone have 1.8m wide micrometers so we can check

[@criggie]

@13:15 DOG!

[@RoadTo19]

I wouldn't think the owner/property manager would give you the ok to do that... But well done!

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

Ive built bookshelves from scratch before and I can say from experience that those are going to sag. Books are heavy. 3/4 pine is not up to the task.

[@artisanmakes]

Well we can run in some bracing or the like if that ever happens.

[@stormkhan4250]

That is not quite 3/4 pine. He used laminated boards which should be a bit stronger tho' less leasing to look at up close.

[@appalachianbushcraft3959]

So when are you going to show your face lol. We keep getting alittle more here and there. Na in all seriousness man, i love your channel. I can relate to alot of the work you are do.

[@Lippa100]

any carpenter talking shit about using pine is either a poser or doesnt know how to work with it properly. works just as fine as any other wood. technically its a bit softer than many other hardwoods yes but your building is more likely to be demolished before those shelves break because you used pine..

[@jen3435]

NBN & ACMA probably won't be happy with you playing with telecommunications wiring without a license.

[@artisanmakes]

Taking it from a from a first hand source, those rules are in place for contractors who intend to do major relocation of nbn hardware, moving it from one side of the house to the other and whatnot. NBN don’t like people splicing their fibre optics or the like if you aren’t registered with them. It’s not really there for people trying to move the wall bracket 30cm on a wall.

[@clasdauskas]

Unless he does something like run an ethernet cable across or within a few inches of a power cable, they won't care. If he starts cutting cables to move them, they will :)

[@alistairfurnell126]

You'er better at wood than steal working.🤔🤫

[@robertbutler8004]

How come you referred to that timber as 2''x4'' you should know better than that being an Aussie we call it 90x45.

[@artisanmakes]

That’s right but I think world wide we all know what a 2x4 roughly is so for clarity sake I call it that

[@keithspencersr.6806]

Who say your not a wood worker, lol

[@artisanmakes]

Me. I’m not. Only the second time I’ve made wood furniture

[@persebra]

That ceiling is soooo low, a rolling ladder makes no sense. but it's all nicely done.

[@artisanmakes]

I wouldn’t call 3m low. If you have no trouble reaching 3m shelves all the power to you I guess

[@brianm9962]

Pretty sure you need to be a registered cabler to move an NBN box....

[@artisanmakes]

Never said I wasn’t

[@brianm9962]

@@artisanmakes True, but it's good to point out to others who might attempt the same.

[@leestons]

Why? Your entire collection could fit on one shelf.

[@artisanmakes]

My entire collection could fit on one shelf because I never had room for anything more at my old place?

[@casadilla7715]

that moment when other things besides books exist!

[@stevedavey1343]

Yeah, because this channel is all about only doing what is necessary and never doing something for the joy of making. Also, well done for predicting exactly the number of books ArtisanMakes will have in his lifetime. You should go in to investment broking; you'd make yourself and your clients billions with the psychic powers you obviously have. FFS.

[@UncleChester]

I don't think you can call yourself an artisan maker and use things for IKEA. That is neither artisan nor making.

[@rooikatza]

Where do you see he says he is a Maker?

[@artisanmakes]

No but its pragmatic.

[@leestons]

@@rooikatzaHis username?

[@artisanmakes]

I wouldn't read much into the name. its the best I could come up with when I was thinking of a name 4 or 5 years ago

[@alyl603]

Most of the video was him making his own things. Pretty sure you didn't have these weird hangups when he'd incorporate some cheap component into a design in other videos.