Bookcase from "heaven"

Nice bookcase and carving. Just shows that there’s more to wood than the form it takes.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Very nice work. A good save of the past.

-- Thos. Angle

I like this alot. The design is simple and effective, and I love the idea of re using the wood and keeping the hand carved part. nice job

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

That is some beautiful wood, and you put it to great use!

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

A beautiful bookcase! This has some definite character.

If I changed anything, I would have put a back on it. I have several bookcases, but I like the ones with backs, which keeps things from falling behind it. It also makes it nicer for sliding the books into place. But, you have done a great job on this piece!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Great piece. The church I grew up in did the same thing many years ago, I know several people who bought the pews and have had to move them around. Much better way and much more useful this way.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Great looking bookcase and use of salvaged wood. I’ve had my eye out for a couple of these pughs for awhile – just haven’t come across any at a reasonable price yet. I’d like to see a better picture of the carving on the side.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Great piece of furniture. It would have been sad if that nice piece of timber was wasted.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Beautifully done! Excellent job.

-- Jesus is Lord!

I agree with Os. Wonderful project on all counts.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Great project. Did you carve the Shamrock or was it already on the pugh?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

By the way, I always thought it was “pew”? Six years of religious schooling and I don’t even know what I was sitting on. Yikes.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

I think your right, Chip.

Confucius say “Man who pass gas in church must sit in own pew.”

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

Thanks guys for the nice comments. I must confess (pun intended), I didn’t know how to spell “pugh”. I had to “Google” it.

The carving was already done. I did have to refinish it, which was challenging without affecting the carving itself.

I was going to add a closeup of the carving, but apparently you can only have so many MBs of files.

-- Bob B - Warwick, Rhode Island