Custom Shelf “Creates” usable space!

/ shellerina
Admiral: “If you get a printer, where are you going to put it?!”

I considered this 3D space as being totally wastedz, so all I needed was a custom shelf to put the new printer on along with its supplies. (The printer is roughly at eye level.)

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It does not restrict airflow coming through the A/C duct-register, and the bunk is still 100% usable (if we were not using it for storage.)

Piano hinges were used for the side and back.
(Washers were needed under the middle 4 screws to compensate for the curvature of that outside wall.)

The concave outside wall required cutting & fitting the shelf into that space. It took some fancy cutting as none of the angles are 90° … before cutting I transferred, by pencil, all the angles to my sheet of plywood.

FYI:

Home Depot or Lowes will cut their plywood (a 48×48” sheet was +/- $25) to square angle measurements. So I had them cut mine to 36”x20”, which I then brought to the boat, drafted the final angles on the plywood, and then cut to the final dimensions. (I have a small handsaw aboard.)

This 1/2” lip will prevent the printer from getting dumped if we get waked or if we hit heavy seas.

A bit of stain helps it fit in with all the interior woodwork.

I added a little nautical/decorative flare to support the right front corner.

The printer is an HP Envy 6555e; we use its WiFi capability to connect to it.

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