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With the 7° bevel cut on one edge of a brace, check it against an upright. You've hit the right angle when the brace fits in perfectly where the dado meets the back edge of the upright.

To make the two templates, bend a flexible scrap between two nails as shown. Bend the scrap 1V2", hold it in place and trace a line on both sides of the scrap. Now you've marked lines for both the inside and outside curves. Band saw between these lines and clean up the sawn edge of the two templates.

When routing the braces, you might have to climb cut some sections because the grain is likely to reverse on you in the curve. If you take a light cut and hold the tool securely, this is a generally safe operation. But do take care.

you nail some scraps to the template that will position your braces and shelves exactly where you want them on the template for routing. This will save you time.

Before you break out the router, however, use the templates to mark the curves on your braces and shelves, and then cut close to this line using your band saw.

Then rout the curve on the braces and shelves using a pattern-

cutting router bit. Now you want to add edge tape to the front and sides of the plywood shelves. I quite like the Fastedge edgebanding from FastCap. It's peel-and-stick stuff, which makes it especially suited for curves. And it's available in a wide variety of sizes, lengths and species. For a dealer in your area, visit fastcap.com or call 888-4433748. Expect to spend about $22 or so for a 50' roll.

Odd Assembly

To fit the braces, you should assemble each unit, clamp them up and then trim the braces to fit snugly between the uprights.

Assembling this project was a head-scratcher at first. The best method was to clamp the top of one upright to my bench with its foot stuck in the air. I then inserted the shelves into their dados and added the second upright.

Once you get the unit to this point, you can put a couple clamps on it, and adjust the shelves and uprights so everything is where it is supposed to be and is square.

Now fit the braces between the uprights by trimming them to length on your m iter saw. With all the braces fit, drill pocket-screw holes on the back of each brace.

I put two screws into each upright and three into each shelf.

shown here from FastCap cut my edgebanding time for Once you get all the shelves where you want them, mark where the uprights intersect the shelves this job in half. I was impressed. on the underside of each shelf. This will help you reassemble each unit.

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