Or something.

Today I bought a saw. And wood glue. And planks. And set out to make a small removable extension to the top of my standing bookcases.

Note, dear friends. I had never used a saw before. Or wood glue. So this was something of an experiment in Mad Science, and as a consequence I don't have pictures of stage one (learning to saw; discovering that the planks come out not quite as even as I'd like) or stage two (applying wood glue to wood without sticking it all over the floor; bracing the supports to allow the glue to set).

I do have a picture of stage three of prototype one: almost complete (bar dry glue):




Uneven wobbliness aside, I think it'll work.




And I have learned lessons to apply to the construction of prototype two.