IT TURNS OUT that if you use right-angle thingers & clamps to hold your 2×2 pieces together, & then GLUE them into place, & ONLY THEN do you drill the pilot holes & put in the wood screws, it works a WHOLE LOT BETTER.
… it also turns out that the stuff I learned from my dad, while very useful for house-building, missed a lot of information when it comes to putting together things smaller than houses. >.>
BUT HEY. I’m getting there. & it’s good to know that when basically everything else I’ve made out of wood has turned out funky & not fitting together quite right, it isn’t because I’m just bad at it, it’s because I’m not using the right tools.
Like right-angle thingers & clamps & glue.
Also, wood screws that are FOR DEFINITELY long enough to not come right back out. Like these.
![Yep, those are some long wood screws. There's also a bit of 2x2 wood & a drill with the appropriate drill bit for the screws.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190731_165029_vHDR_On.jpg)
See? IT WORKS
![Two vertical pieces of wood 2x2, with two shorter 2x2 pieces fixed between them. All the right angles are actually right angles. How bout THAT.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190731_173605_vHDR_On.jpg)
I used some older, more interesting wood for the shelves themselves …
![Three 1x3 boards, of old, weathered wood, lined up parallel to each other.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190807_192850_vHDR_On.jpg)
LOOK at the grain.
![A closeup of the weathered wood, showing the grain.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190807_183228_vHDR_On.jpg)
They’re sturdy enough to hold Major Tom! Complete with Loioshbutt photobomb.
![The completed shelves, with Major Tom sitting on them, looking quite pleased, & Loiosh's tail in the extreme foreground.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190807_183256_vHDR_On.jpg)
TOM STOP THAT
![Why YES that's Major Tom sharpening his claws on my BRAND NEW SHELVES](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/P_20190807_183245_vHDR_On.jpg)
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