399 days ago
by lightweightladyleftie |
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Building the lighting section was a little more challenging. I used a 2¼” stock crown molding to trim out the area where the fluorescent light would be. I needed a ledge on which the lighting panel could set, so I routed a narrow piece of oak using the rail bit and cut off the “lip” and glued it into a dado I cut into the back of the crown molding.
I also cut a dado into the main carcass and inserted a “lip” into it as well.
We want to be able to remove this bookcase without d...
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401 days ago
by lightweightladyleftie |
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This bookcase was designed to camouflage ductwork and to replace a portion of the book storage from a 10’ x 6’ shelving unit that we removed to remodel our dining room.
The next three pictures show the ductwork and the steps from paneling to painted drywall. The horizontal ducts were covered in oak with rails and stiles cut to enclose lighting panels to match the kitchen woodwork and lighting (not shown, around the corner to the left).
Next I began working on the crown to e...
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482 days ago
by Paul |
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Click on pics for larger view
Minwax Oil Stain – “Early American” & 3 coats of Satin Poly
1/4” square oak strips and #4-1/2” brass screws holding the glass in the door openings
Detail
through Tenon
Didn’t have time to add the hidden compartment that I planned. A fun project. I think they will like it.
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495 days ago
by Paul |
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Was able to swing by Rockler this week to pick up some hinges, a cupboard key latch and a shelf pin hole jig. & Finally had a chance to put in some decent time on the bookcase today.
1. Sanding2. Installed lapped slats in the back3. Drilled the adjustable shelf pin holes4. Mounted the door with the hinges5. Installed the cupboard key latch.
(click on pics for larger view)
More sanding and move on to finishing. installing glass, etc. Need to get on the stick. My friend...
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523 days ago
by Paul |
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Not a lot of progress, but the plan calls for lead glass panes in the three small square openings of the door. I decided not to search out and commission someone to make the leaded glass and rather opted to make wooden cross panes. I’ve seen examples of Arts and Crafts bookcases with this arrangement. Simple lap joinery for the cross pane and small lap joints inset into the glass rabett.
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527 days ago
by Paul |
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Two church members, church elders and great friends know that woodworking is emotionally, spiritually and psychologically therapeutic for their pastor. So they have commissioned me to build five pieces of craftsman/arts & crafts furniture for them over the past six to eight years (Chair, couch, bed frame and two chest of drawers). All the pieces are pictured in my projects or blogs. They’re moving away to Iowa in August :(
I plan to have this bookcase done for them as a going ...
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538 days ago
by Dr_Unix |
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I came across this awesome bookcase on another blog and immediately thought of the people that could appreciate the craftsmanship.
Check out the posting on Boing Boing, io9, or Triptyque the architects that designed it.
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580 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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LumberJocks raised the bar again with over 50 entries in our Bookcase Challenge. You proved that it’s possible to be very creative even with such a common project and you made the judging process extremely tough for the editors of the Popular Woodworking.
Here’s the summary of the event as well as the announcement of the winner and runner-ups by Glen Huey, Senior Editor of PW:
“Congratulations everyone. The LumberJocks excelled at designing great looking, buildable...
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584 days ago
by remdam |
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I’ve been planing on making a book case for a spare room in my house for awhile now. This contest was great in getting me to focus and finally finish the design.
If you’re familiar with the Greene brothers and the Gamble house, you’ll see a lot of the design for this book case comes from the smaller of the two living room book cases.It’s a good size to fit into a guest bedroom. Besides holding books, I also want the piece to hide a small server computer, DSL router, eth...
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584 days ago
by lobbster |
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This design is a takeoff of a night table design I did last year. The influence is the architecture of Bhutan. I graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, one of only about three places in the world that share this type of architecture. Bhutanese temples are characterized by their inward sloping walls and graduated windows.Front View:
I used a combination of the golden ratio and Hambidge Progression to come up with the dimensions. The bookcase is open on both sides and can be plac...
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