Post #188626 by Feelin Zombified on Sat, Sep 24, 2005 12:27 PM

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It was rather easy... the least fun and most tedious part is cutting out the lauhala (11 pieces) to match the shelf size and shape. From my experience, I'd say it's better for the matting to stop short in the back (by 1/16 of an inch or so) and overhang in the front by a smidge; everything fit better on shelves that were glued that way.

Oh yeah, I used 3M Super 77 on the matting and the fabric, which so far is holding up well.

Dawn, the fabric is from Hawaiian Fabric in the Barkcloth section, but I see that they only have it in blue right now. So I'm not sure if it's out of stock or discontinued. Also, I should mention that the bulk of the weight of each shelf is not on the bamboo, it's on washers & nuts that were about flush with the top of the bamboo rods... so hopefully there won't be any splitting or crushing.

:drink:

-Z

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[ Edited by: Feelin' Zombified 2005-09-24 13:09 ]