Joining Bookcases Together

Try this joint for an even larger gluing surface.

Joining bookcases together. Pry off any moldings on the sides of the bookcases at the top where they are to join together. First you will want to line up the shelves or bookcases you want to brace or connect together. Now you need to. Then i can use sleeve bolts to connect the bookcase to the board.

Stand both bookcases in place where they are to be used. Begin by making a 4 1 angle guide that s more than double the width of the workpieces. Then i will drill through some of the shelf peg holes all the way through the board. Place the flimsy backing piece back on your bookcase as directed but use more nails hammered more closely together.

How to connect freestanding bookshelves step 1. It obviously comes as 3 separate bookcases. What s the best way to attach them together. How to join bookcase tops 1.

My idea is to sandwich the front to back bookcases between two boards. Tap wedges under. If you have issues with. Align the pieces with a straightedge if necessary.

Before you start nailing get your billy nice and square and be sure you have plenty of appropriately sized nails along the top into the middle permanent shelf and along the bottom. Locate where the hinges will land and then use one of the predrilled holes that will be behind the hinge. Once you have the proper size braces mark the holes you need to drill. To join the halves clamp the lower one against a flat surface.

This will keep the tops of the bookcases together where the bookcases are most likely to move apart. Place a level on top of the bookcases spanning across both of them. I would adjoin these two together by a flat bar on the top and then screwed together on the bottom in the front and back as it wouldn t be seen because of the foot board. When joining the bookcases together try to hide the screws whenever possible in places you won t see.

If you want to get fancy you could make a cornice out of crown molding and attach it to each unit. You might have to shim the units a little at the bottom to make sure that they re all level with each other before you attach the molding. Would drilling a hole through the side panels of adjacent units and using something like this work. These ones will be hidden by the crown moulding and if you have doors the hinges can be used to hide screws too.

Hi we bought this billy set and started putting everything together. Insert the tip of a.