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   roc | Jul 23, 2012 08:56pm | #1

   Or Just Talk to Hammer

   Some tools that will help you layout and cut shelves to follow the walls http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/veritastransferscribe.aspx

   http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2020516/22861/Wixey-Digital-Protractor-Electronic-Angle-Gauge.aspx

   http://veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=70

   Add to that some scrap to make some templates from. Of coarse you can do it with simpler tools but you need to do your home work and make up some similar tools from what you have at hand . After that people will be pointing you out as a master carpenter.

   :    )

   Alternatively you could put in supports or an insert that is square and plumb and shim it to attach to the out of plumb/out of square surfaces. I am sure the member known here as Hammer can tell you much more than I can but you may have to talk real sweet so he lets you in to take his class.

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   badger9 | Jul 24, 2012 06:44am | #2

   Thanks Roc! I'm off to the workshop to see what kind of tool I can fabricate, I hope that is going to be the quickest way forward.

   I tried to send Hammer1 a message but as a new member I am unable to send established members a message. Hopefully Hammer1 might read these and be inclined to send me some thoughts on how to join his class.

   Thanks again, 

   Badger9

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   RalphBarker | Jul 24, 2012 10:25am | #3

   Methods and madness

   I think I'd start with deciding which method you want to use for supporting the shelves, and then work from there.

   If, for example, you choose fixed cleats on the two opposing end walls, you could locate those at the appropriate height from the floor using a sticky-bottomed laser level (so the resulting shelves will actually be level), and then measure front and back dimensions. A common bevel gauge could be used to determine the angles needed at the ends of the shelves, with the measurements transferred between those angles.

   I have an old set of sliding measuring sticks that are handy for measuring the distance between two points that are wider than one's outstretched arms. The two pieces slide on each other and have measurements marked from the opposing ends. You add the two dimensions to get the total distance.

   Folks who do this for a living would probably have better methods.