Making Doors For Bookcase

An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door.

Making doors for bookcase.

Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate. 3 measure and cut your doors. Each door should measure 24 x 36. With a few tools and materials you can build your own bookcase that doubles as a secret door into a crawlspace or attic.

Shut the door and check to make sure the door isn t too close to the bookcase frame. You ll need 5 of those. If that is the case tighten the adjustment screw that is. Bookcase sizes range from 36in.

I choose to do just one door per bookcase to keep it simple. This content is imported from youtube. A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening.

How to make a secret door bookcase this tutorial contains a ton of pictures that shows exactly how to build a small bookcase door including details on building a pivoting secret book that opens a gate latch on the inside. Bookcases covertly blend in to many surroundings providing a natural fit. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. 4 measure and cut your trim pieces.

Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves. Attach doors to bookcase. How to build a wood bookcase from lee s wood projects. And cue the guy s at home depot starting to hate me since we re making shaker style doors you ll need to add trim pieces around the entire door.

It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room. There are photos diagrams a material list cutting instructions and building instructions in this bookcase plan. To 66in wide and up to 96in.

The doors are available in hardwood veneers mdf or vinyl lam. Order them directly from the manufacturer. Hidden hinges are used to make the bookcase butt up directly against the wall. Cabinet doors that sit inside a bookcase s frame with door fronts flush with the front of the bookcase can be more difficult to measure and install than doors that overlap or fit on the outside of the bookcase.

Double check your measurements before making any cuts to the lumber. Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase. Line up the bookcase so there is a 1 4 overhang on the top and attach the top screw of the top hinge into your spacer then the top screw of the bottom hinge.