Cherry Bookcase

Very nice book case great wood selection and finish

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Excellent work !!! I hope you are as happy with it as we are.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

Well done, very nice project, thanks for the tip about the hardboard cut template, good idea.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Agreed with all said…very beautiful. I would be proud to have this in my house !!! Thanks for the tip also…should be very helpful in the future.

-- Don S.E. OK

Looks very nice. Like the board with all the cuts in it, thats a good idea.

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Topapilot, this is a gorgeous bookcase and you did a good job on the design. The finish looks good as well. Blo adds a nice tone to the cherry and shellac is a good topcoat that is pretty easy to apply.

Thanks for the tip as well. I remember seeing this and had forgotten it. I am working on a couple of cabinets now and will have to use this.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Beautiful design and finish!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Gorgeous bookcase, just awesome. Love the finish also.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Nice Job Rob. I really like this one. It looks like you are really concentrating on your finishing skills.

The kerfed up hardboard idea looks interesting too.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Very nice! The finish looks great and the joinery impeccable.

I made a similar one for a friend of mine in Oak and added sliding glass doors on the bottom and stile and rail glass doors on the top…made an excellent display case for their antique store…

I do like cherry better though…thank you for sharing that with us.

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Cherry is a beautiful wood. Tight grain and so nice to sand and finish. Congrats on a project well done!

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

Very nice bookcase. I like your idea of places to try out your finish also. I have seen the same bookcase in the magazine also and liked the design very much. Do you think you could add a little depth to this piece and use it as a tv stand? My wife wants to put a HD tv in the bedroom and I was thinking this would make a nice stand for it. What do you think?

Thanks for all the feedback!
NorthGaMan: I think this could be used as a TV stand as is; in fact my wife wanted to use it for that, but I’m still not ready to spring for a flat screen. Otherwise the only thing I would change is at add a center leg in the back to ensure it couldn’t tip.

Awesome design and execution!

Your finish honors the wood.

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Very nice looking cabinet, cherry is a beautiful wood, and the finish is great. Very good build Sr.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Very impressive. Nice and smooth.

-- "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." - Thomas Jefferson

Topa… could you explain the third picture? Is it a template guide? (I’m still learning, couldn’t figure it out) Thanks.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Very nice looking bookcase. You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Bradford,
The third pic is a record of the fence to blade spacing used on this project. During construction it allows me to quickly set up the table saw to re-make a part. If I want to make another bookcase just like it, or maybe molding for another project, I just grab the template and go!