Two Bit Woodworker

I put the finish on these last weekend, and they're now sat in the living room awaiting the Great Spring 2019 Plant Rearrangement. The idea for these came from Jay Bates' Angled Half Lap Three Tier Shelf . The biggest change I made was reversing the side that the half-laps were on. This allowed me to rest the shelves on them, as I was worried that the amount of weight from the plants would be hard to support with just screws. Black Locust Plant Stands Another change was adding crosspieces, I was originally going to use wedged, through tenons here but liked this chamfered version enough to keep it. Self Through Tenons These are just over four feet tall and 28 inches wide. The shelves are spaced every 15 inches, start at 14 inches deep at the bottom and narrow to eight inches deep at the top. They are secured to the half lap side pieces via tabletop fasteners and stainless steel screws. Black locust is very resistant to decay so they shou

I wanted to post more about these plant stands as they got built but that didn't seem to happen, better late than never though! They've both been sanded and glued up now, and I spent last night cleaning up the squeeze out, puttying gaps and cutting the shelves to fit on the first one. The second still needs all that and I hope to get them both home to finish this weekend. Black Locust Plant Stand I original plan was to wedge the stretcher tenons, but after cutting a chamfer on them I decided I liked it better. There's seven of these on each side, and they match the front angle all the way down. Stretcher Through Tenons The shelves themselves sit on 3/8" of the side pieces, I'm going to secure them in place with some tabletop fasteners and mortises that I put on the insides of each of the side pieces. Slatted Shelves