Quartersawn White Oak Barrister Bookcase with Frame and Panel Sides

they look great. whose hardware did you use on the door mechanisms?

-- making sawdust....

I didn’t use any hardware, just a groove in the sides with a couple of dowels. Its far from perfect, they rack a little but they work well enough. I’m trying to find some decent hardware that will work with this design. Recently, I tried the Rockler offering with no luck. (I’ll be covering the Rockler slides in my LJ Blog here in a day or two, with pics that show why they didn’t work.)

I’m always on the look out for a nice hardware solution for Barrister doors if anyone knows of one please send me a message or comment. I’ve google searched many times and all I can find is the Rockler slides.

-- Craig, Springfield Ohio

They look great .Won’t 22 of them put together be really tall :-))

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Nice bookcase.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Beautiful job.

-- You know.... I think that old wood needs to be furniture.

Great looking Barrister’s. I’ve built a set for myself about 10 year ago and couldn’t find any hardware at the time so I did the same as you did with the groove and dowel pins. They will rack and bind sometimes, but I’m so used to them, I never have a problem, but I notice if someone else opens them up, sometimes they will have a problem with them binding. Would love to build another set if I could ever find some good hardware. Let us know if you have any luck with hardware.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Great looking bookcases. You did a beautiful job on them. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

This batch looks great as well.

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