| Project by ajbergren | posted 01-26-2011 06:04 AM | 2115 views | 1 time favorited | 5 comments |  |
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Walnut bookcase of my own design. All boards are bookmatched from 8/4 stock (dressed to just over 3/4). Both sides were obtained from a single board, and all shelves obtained from a second board. The backing was done from several 4/4 boards.
Shelves are joined to sides using sliding dovetails, and the shiplap is fit into grooves in top and bottom back-splashes, with square cut nails to finish off and hold in place.
A round-overs, cutouts, profiling etc. we done using only hand tools, while the sliding dovetails were machine cut.
Thanks for looking!
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Hallmark
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#1 posted 01-26-2011 07:50 AM
Very well done, beautiful piece!
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Eagle1
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#2 posted 01-26-2011 07:57 AM
Nice work, I like the finish is great. I also like the book matching also.
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#3 posted 01-26-2011 03:38 PM
Beautiful !! Nice work.
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CumberlandCowboy
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#4 posted 01-26-2011 08:37 PM
VERY beautiful…......I love walnut….......
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#5 posted 01-27-2011 06:58 PM
Beautiful! I wouldn’t have the heart to put any books in front of those bookmatched boards!
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