![]() I added the end pieces (flanges) at the top and started to roughly align everything. I continued this same process until all the boards in the shelf were done. This is where you need to start finding the right pieces that let you keep the small support pieces in parallel and then 90 degree ends all pointing straight upwards. I started by putting the feet in place and connecting the first board by screwing the second row of pipes into them. The pieces are not all exactly the same so you have to keep trying out different pieces of pipe until you find one that fits. If you do not turn the pieces far enough they will not get a stable enough connection, if you turn them too far they either get stuck or you damage the threads. Unfortunately the threads in the pipes only allow for a very small range of adjustments. For the shelf design to work all the pipes need to be oriented a certain way, all of them need to run in parallel. I am talking about the pipes here because installing them was the (unexpected) major challenge of this project. The first one was relatively easy to do as I had many pipe pieces left and did not need to worry about aligning anything too much. I did built two of them into the corner of the room. Then it was finally time to start assembling and installing the shelves. If it gets too hot it will become dull very very fast. It is important though to progress slowly and pause between holes to let the drill bit cool down. Still worked out in the end and the holes are actually really clean. It might be better to use a stationary drill press here but I had to use my standard drill for this. They can be done with a jigsaw or circular saw too though. I was able to use a table saw which makes these kinds of repetitive cuts very easy. I also split one board into half to get two smaller strips to be mounted to the wall at the top. I decided to built the shelves into a corner and therefor needed to cut a 45° corner into each one. Next I needed to prepare the wooden boards. Overall a lot more works than I expected at the start but well worth it in the end. Once the labels were all removed I had to clean up each part again and sort everything for later use. Lots of preparation works needed for the metal parts
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