| Project by RKW | posted 22 days ago | 872 views | 0 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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This is a project of many firsts. It is the first project i have built for my wife, the first project for the house, first time to do raised panels, first time to glue up panels, first time to make molding, first time to add hardwood edging to plywood shelves, first time to use analine dye, first time to use wipe on varnish, first time to use red oak. All in all i worked on this for about 2 months and learned alot.
My wife is a first year law student and was tired of her books being scattered all over the house. She asked me to build her a book shelf and this is what i came up with. Since im still fairly new to woodworking; with each new project i try to include elements that i have not yet done in order to learn some new skills.
I included pictures of my tall auxillary fence and 0 clearance insert plate which i built out of necessity for building the raised pannels.
-- RKWoods
9 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 22 days ago
Very nice bookshelf. Looks like the wife is happy about it. Also like the tall fence extension. great job RK
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Dan Hux
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posted 22 days ago
very nice bookshelf.
-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, North Carolina
webwood
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posted 22 days ago
nice lines – very clean
-- -erik & christy-
huff
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posted 22 days ago
Looks like all your first turned out great. You did a nice job on the bookcase. I really like how you divided your panels on the end, nice detail.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
RexMcKinnon
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posted 21 days ago
Looks like all the firsts came together very nicely.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Splinterman
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posted 21 days ago
Hey RKW,
Nice design and finish…....good job.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
pashley
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posted 21 days ago
BOTH very lovely! :)
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4thumbs
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posted 21 days ago
Sounds like a good learning project, and came out very nice! Like the raised panel sides.
-- 4thumbs in MO
RKW
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posted 21 days ago
The wife is happy with it which was my number one motive and goal. Of coarse if it helps her understand my obsession with tools and tolerate my spending money, thats also a plus. :)
-- RKWoods