| This blog is written by mdoan | 12 entries so far |
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #12: Time to make a router table
Had to take a timeout to make this router table extension. It’s a torsion box design with r...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #11: 3 drawers ready to go
Three drawers made. Dovetails cut for the face and back using the porter cable dovetail jig. I ha...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #10: Base with Horse hoof legs
It took me a weekend to make the leg stock. I mortised the legs and cut integral tenons for the r...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #9: Grooves for the door slide hardware
I removed the top and middle panels to cut grooves for the door slide hardware. The grooves are 7...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #8: Sliding doors
Here are the two sliding door frames with dominos cut in and assembled for the dry fit. I’v...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #7: Face frame dry fit
I used domino loose tenon joinery to form the face frame. This is the dry fit to check that all i...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #6: Glue up the top
The top pieces have been chosen and in the clamps for glue-up as we speak. The domino tenons help...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #5: Pieces for the top piece
Here are the pieces i milled up for the top. I tried to go light on the jointer/planar because i ...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #4: Milled stock square 4 sides
Here’s all the stock milled s4s, marked, and semi-stickered ready for ripping and cutting t...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #3: Building the case
I marked layout lines for the dadoes. The plans suggested cutting the dadoes for the sides and mi...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #2: Evaluate grain and layout parts
It’s hard visuallizing which grain pattern will look good for which part of the project. I ...
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Bookcase with Sliding Doors #1: Sorting out the stock and materials
Project #3 will be a bookcase with sliding doors. The plans come from American Woodworker #130 Se...

















