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265892 | Scott Garrison <sbg2008@c...> | 2018‑05‑22 | Cherry Bookshelf |
For my eldest daughter's birthday I built a cherry bookcase. She has always loved reading so I think this case will be appreciated. Her birthday was early Feb. I started the build after Christmas and the holidays were in the rear view mirror and finished it in early April. Not bad for Galoot time since there are always 1000 other things to do and reasons to eat shop time. The build itself took a good solid week (about 40 hours) over this time. The sanding, scraping, filling, staining, filling some more, sanding some more, staining some more, etc. was estimated at taking zero time but in reality took about as long as the build if you count curing time. From now on I will anticipate finishing time instead of thinking that it is pretty much a day or a weekend at most. The dimensions as best I can remember are 5 foot for the carcase with a 5 inch platform and 4 inches or so of molding, making the case a bit shy of 6 feet. The shelves are poorly done tapered sliding dovetails (with small shims to make them less poorly done). But the ends are covered so only I "saw" how loose they actually were before the shims... Span is 30 inches if I recall, glued the entire length as all grain is in alignment. Hide glue all around and Tremont rose head nails for securing the 3/8" shiplapped SYP backing. The SYP started out as a single rough sawn 1x12 from a local sawyer. That was hand ripped with a Disston #12 but Delta planed into single planks. Yet Stanley 78 was used to make ship lap. All molding was copied from an antique I saw online by recreating with hand plane and scraper. Backing is 2 coats of black milk paint with 2 coats of BLO. The cherry has two coats of BLO and 2 coats of brushed clear shellac from flake. Other than sanding and aforementioned Delta planer on the backing, the build was hand saw (Disston #12, Bad Axe Backsaw), handplanes (#4, #5, #8, #78), router plane #71, generic wooden hollow with scrapers for the molding,....I think that was it Pics here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tYQyZxmv79lvGvwk2 Scott, still in Duluth GA beginning to sweat |
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265893 | Greg Isola <gregorywisola@g...> | 2018‑05‑22 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Beautiful work, Scott! Thanks for sharing. Would love to see pics of the molding in progress! Greg Isola Alameda, CA |
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265894 | Phil Schempf <philschempf@g...> | 2018‑05‑22 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Very nice, Scott, but if your daughter is like mine, you better start on another one. On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Greg Isola |
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265895 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑05‑22 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Scott nicely done, Shellac looks great Ed Minch |
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265896 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2018‑05‑22 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Yeah, what Phil said. Looks even more fantastic on the big screen than on the phone. Hope mine doesn't see this, building something similar to knock down to ship would be even harder. Well done. KE On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Phil Schempf |
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265897 | Archie England | 2018‑05‑22 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Very nicely done! On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 3:20:36 PM CDT, Ed Minch |
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265898 | Scott Garrison <sbg2008@c...> | 2018‑05‑23 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Thanks All, after years of accumulation I am just glad to finally be using some of these tools. And Greg, sorry I don't have pics of the process but I did it very simply. I kept all moldings overlong and then mitered when done. This allowed me to plane the entire stick and no matter how much I wandered, the pieces matched, i.e., similar to cutting a board at a 45 degree and joining - all grain would match around the corner. But as for the process I mapped out a molding on Sketchup by scanning the molding from an image from some antique website. I then used the principles from By Hand & Eye to roughly proportion the ratios and placed them in Sketchup. These only formed a rough guide but allowed me to get some ideas without totally making them up. I next marked a series of lines down the entire stick mapping the high and low points...similar to what one does when turning a spindle. All lines were made by using my thumb and finger to offset a pencil from the edge (that I ran my finger down). In other words my lines were created by running a pencil down the stick using my hand as the spacer ( https://www.familyhandyman.com/diy-advice/how-to-use-your-finger-to- draw-straight-lines/">https://www.familyhandyman.com/diy-advice/how-to-use-your- finger-to-draw-straight-lines/). After that I just grabbed a round and using my finger again as a spacer slowly cut until I tracked well. Then Bob's your Uncle. All convex curves were done with a flat bottomed plane. I cut a piece of saw steel and filed it as a scraper to refine the concavities and of course sanded with a dowel or flat stock where needed It was real easy. Once smooth, miter at 45 and tack with 3d (or 2 - can't recall) Tremont brads. But another key point is the top molding is built up from two layers. Happy to share my Sketchup for anyone interested...but I don't know how revealing it is |
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265899 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2018‑05‑23 | Re: Cherry Bookshelf |
Nice job on the bookcase and a nice clean design. Cherry is a lovely wood that looks even better as it ages. Cheers Claudio On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Scott Garrison |
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