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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
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
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 
wrote:
265895 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2018‑05‑22 Re: Cherry Bookshelf
Scott

nicely done,  Shellac looks great

Ed Minch
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  wrote:

> 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 
> wrote:
>
> > Beautiful work, Scott! Thanks for sharing. Would love to see pics of the
> > molding in progress!
> >
> > Greg Isola
> > Alameda, CA
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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  wrote:  
 
 Scott

nicely done,  Shellac looks great

Ed Minch




> On May 22, 2018, at 12:49 PM, Scott Garrison  wrote:
> 
> 
> Pics here: https://photo
s.app.goo.gl/tYQyZxmv79lvGvwk2 <https://photos.app.goo.gl/tYQyZxmv7
9lvGvwk2">https://photos.app.goo.gl/tYQyZxmv79lvGvwk2>
> 
> Scott, still in Duluth GA beginning to sweat

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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
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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