Make sure the nailer is lined up so that the nails will shoot directly into the rungs. We attached shelf pieces to the rungs with 1 1/4″ brad nails. With the brackets and shelf frame in place, we slid the shelf pieces over the rungs. You can find lots of these screws on Amazon HERE if you have trouble finding them locally. Then, we used a 1 1/4″ Spax screw to secure the top board in place. We pulled the bottom of the ladders apart, so that the teeth at the top of the brackets sunk into the top board. Then, we stood the ladder upright, with the ladders still together, and placed the top board in the opening end of the sawhorse brackets. Next, we used out 18-volt drill and small hex screws to secure the brackets in place. Once we built both ladders, we held them together, rungs facing out, and slipped a sawhorse bracket over the top ends of each ladder. We worked our way up the ladders, attaching the rungs the same way. The edges of the rungs should be flush with the outside edges of the side rails. We used a dab of wood glue on each rail and attached the rungs with 1 1/4″ brad nails, in our 18-volt nailer. Refer to the plans for the proper placement. To attach the rungs, we started with the bottom piece and worked our way up. This will guarantee that your shelf pieces will fit between the rails □ Here’s a tip: Put two pine boards next to each other, between two side rails. Once the cuts were made, we spaced the side rails for the ladder. This miter saw will cut up to a 1×4, but if you flip the board after your first cut, you can cut up to a 1×8! If you don’t have a miter saw, you could also use a circular saw for this entire build. You can refer to our cut list for the dimensions. Next, we used our 18V Ryobi Miter saw to cut all of our pieces. We found these brackets at our local hardware store for about $7 for the set. This was our first step because this bookcase is such a quick build and we didn’t want to wait for the paint to dry. This is not a necessary step, unless you don’t want them to be silver. We started by spray painting the sawhorse brackets. This DIY Ladder Shelf is the second build of the five! If you missed the first one, you can find it HERE or you can get all five of the project plans now in our new e-book! It’s only $4.99 and you will get ALL FIVE, 3 tool project plans that you can download directly to your device! Click HERE to for the e-book! And as a thank you for your purchase, we’ve also included a bonus printable as a thank you □ You can download the free, printable instructions by clicking HERE and follow along with us while we build, below! We have designed 5 projects using only these three tools: I’ve always love the look and function of ladder shelves so I decided to design and build my own! With only 3 tools and less than $50 in materials, we built this super unique bookcase that’s perfect for any room! DIY Sawhorse Bookcase We are back with another 3-tool project and another DIY video! Come build this DIY Sawhorse Bookcase with us! Just click HERE or the image below to watch our how-to video.
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