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• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #11: 3 drawers ready to go - 398 days ago | 2 comments

  Three drawers made. Dovetails cut for the face and back using the porter cable dovetail jig. I ha...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #10: Base with Horse hoof legs - 426 days ago | 1 comment

  It took me a weekend to make the leg stock. I mortised the legs and cut integral tenons for the r...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #9: Grooves for the door slide hardware - 692 days ago | 0 comments

  I removed the top and middle panels to cut grooves for the door slide hardware. The grooves are 7...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #8: Sliding doors - 694 days ago | 2 comments

  Here are the two sliding door frames with dominos cut in and assembled for the dry fit. I’v...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #7: Face frame dry fit - 701 days ago | 1 comment

  I used domino loose tenon joinery to form the face frame. This is the dry fit to check that all i...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #6: Glue up the top - 702 days ago | 1 comment

  The top pieces have been chosen and in the clamps for glue-up as we speak. The domino tenons help...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #5: Pieces for the top piece - 703 days ago | 3 comments

  Here are the pieces i milled up for the top. I tried to go light on the jointer/planar because i ...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #4: Milled stock square 4 sides - 703 days ago | 0 comments

  Here’s all the stock milled s4s, marked, and semi-stickered ready for ripping and cutting t...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #3: Building the case - 703 days ago | 4 comments

  I marked layout lines for the dadoes. The plans suggested cutting the dadoes for the sides and mi...

• Bookcase with Sliding Doors #2: Evaluate grain and layout parts - 703 days ago | 1 comment

  It’s hard visuallizing which grain pattern will look good for which part of the project. I ...

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