Would you like to build the metal base or the door handles?

Considering the fact that not everyone is pro metal base, I’m focused on the woodworking aspect with this article. Not to worry though. You can find a step-by-step guide to making this metal base online, as well as the door handles.

Though if you’re a first time metal worker, you may be thinking ... this is WAY TOO expensive for me to do! In fact, one of the main themes here was to not have to buy any specialized equipment other than a MIG welder and an angle grinder to supplement the tools that the average woodworker already has. A basic welder (meaning good quality, but without all the bells and whistles) can be bought new for only a few hundred dollars, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder is just about the most absurdly inexpensive tool I can think of, considering how fantastically useful and versatile it really is. If I don’t have you interested yet, well... read on for a unique industrial bookcase build.