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IDK what you mean by panels.
Can you add some legs to the bookshelf so it sits higher and you can use the desk space under it?
Ze desk.
I want to raise it from the bottom (so the top cornices will be same height as a bookcase nearby) , i have solid pine panels a matching thickness (20mm) the desired height (300mm) and proper length (900mm per arm) just pondering attachments. Dowels? Biscuits? Cam locks? Scribe in and metal plates?
The bookcase just sits on the desk, so no worries there...
Yeah I'm not sure. Reminds me of a buffet w/hutch, they've got vertical supports in the back, but the hutch sits flush on the buffet. Do you have any equipment for cutting in dowels or biscuits? Even glue or gravity might do the trick.
Yup, i got everything for all options i'm considering :). I was leaning to camlocks and pins in case i ever wanted to remove it, but reading up it seems they're best for connecting an upright to a flat plane at 90c, not joining boards
Bookcase doesn't have any supports that extend past the back of the desk thank fuck, just sits flat.
I reckon dowels, make it like lego. I'm not a carpenter or anything and my logical/mechanical brain doesn't always come to the best conclusions.