see-saw bookcase in solid, local, sustainable english oak

Project by Tim Germain

Year: 2005

Cost: £2,600

oak see-saw bookcase
three of the bookcases shelves sit on central steel pivots and tip when the balance is disturbed by adding/removing a book…… sending the marbles running along the length of the shelf

 

oak see-saw bookcase
pins inserted into the ends of the shelves keep the shelves from tipping too far

 

oak see-saw bookcase
the central pivoting bracket is steel for strength