| Project by Andy Brownell | posted 07-31-2009 04:12 PM | 10046 views | 15 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
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Here is a bookcase project I recently finished up for my daughter. It is 50” tall x 31” wide x 14” deep.
Made from solid cherry locally sourced from a sawyer who came across a tree from a downed storm last year.
The dovetail work is my largest case piece of that size. The wood grain has really popped with the Watco danish oil finish I used.
I have a full blog posting of this on my Gorilla Glue Blog if anyone is interested in a longer story behind the project:
Check it out.
-- Andy Brownell
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#1 posted 07-31-2009 04:50 PM
Terrific job… love the size of the tails… gives the case panache.
CharlieM1958
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#2 posted 07-31-2009 06:38 PM
very nice design and joinery.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
CreekWoodworker
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#3 posted 07-31-2009 11:23 PM
Love the dovetails. Nice build.
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#4 posted 08-01-2009 02:54 AM
That’s awesome. The stuffed animals make me think your daughter may be too young to appreciate it now, but someday she’s going to realize you put a lot of time and love into that gift.
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#5 posted 08-01-2009 04:16 AM
wonderful bookcase super dovetail work
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Rudge
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#6 posted 08-01-2009 05:55 PM
nice DT’s I like…and some great photos of the joinery…great job
keep it up…
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#7 posted 08-01-2009 11:37 PM
yes very nice dovetails
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#8 posted 08-02-2009 07:20 AM
beautiful dovetails… very sturdy…simple and perfect.
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#9 posted 10-16-2009 03:55 PM
Nice bookcase.
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#10 posted 12-17-2009 12:57 AM
Nice looking bookcase
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#11 posted 08-18-2015 03:22 PM
Really nice looking bookcase. Great work on the dovetails.
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