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This is my latest completed project: a bookcase requested by my loving wife many, many moons ago. The ‘customer’ specified G&G style, which was fine with me—I became an admirer of their work since I saw their first piece.
The bookcase is cherry, with ebony pegs—about half of which cover screws, and the rest are decorative. The piece is 28”H x 12” D x 41”W—a little wide for a 3/4” bookshelf, but it had to fit in a certain space and we don’t expect to overload the center shelf. The back is finished because I had thoughts that it might be placed in the open at some point, instead of against a wall (and also because that’s what us ‘Type-A’ folks tend to do). I shopped for 1/4” cherry veneer plywood for the back, but it was going to be well over $100 for a sheet. I opted to resaw solid cherry from my rough stash instead.
I have another half-finished G&G piece that’s been languishing in the shop for about 4 years now (gosh, has it really been that long?), that I’m motivated to pick up again. It’s an adaptation of a Blacker House mahogany sideboard, which I was going full-speed-ahead on, until I had to stop and teach myself how to do mother-of-pearl inlay. The original is in the Richmond Museum of Fine Arts, here in Virginia. I was a fairly new woodworker at the time, and the project was a real stretch; a small group of us started the project together with a ‘mentor’ who was teaching weekend classes at a Woodcraft store. We all sort of drifted apart based on the time it was taking, our various skill levels, and the workload of our mentor’s real job. So far, I don’t think anyone has finished their project. Maybe you’ll see a posting of that piece one of these days.
..........Dick
-- dickvn,Virginia,vannierop@urgrad.rochester.edu
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GaryK
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#1 posted 1881 days ago
Great looking job. The corner detail is fantastic.
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BarryW
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#2 posted 1881 days ago
the corners are exceptional detail…neat idea.
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FlWoodRat
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#3 posted 1881 days ago
WOW! Nice creation Dick. Did you consider a center divider to support the shelf?
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Mario
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#4 posted 1881 days ago
Grat job, it looks great, WOW
thank you for posting the pics.
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Kipster
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#5 posted 1881 days ago
Beautiiful execution… you have a family hierloom. Congrats.
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CharlieM1958
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#6 posted 1881 days ago
Really nice. Beautiful details.
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dickvn
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#7 posted 1881 days ago
Thanks for all the nice comments, as well as the warm welcome to the group.
In answer to FLWoodRat’s question, I did actually consider a center divider but decided it just wouldn’t look right. Time will tell how wise (or not!) that decision was; I could still add one, but not very easily.
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ND2ELK
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#8 posted 1881 days ago
Nice looking unit and good detail on the corners. Thanks for posting.
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rikkor
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#9 posted 1881 days ago
Those finger joints are superb. Good work.
Scott Bryan
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#10 posted 1881 days ago
Hi Dick,
I agree with comments about the finger joints. These add a nice detail to the bookcase. I love the pegs too.
Great job on the bookcase. And you can’t go wrong with cherry. It is my personal favorite.
After seeing this I am looking forward to seeing your sideboard.
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dickvn
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#11 posted 1880 days ago
Scott Bryan said: “After seeing this I am looking forward to seeing your sideboard.”
Yeah, so am I! :-) Maybe I’ll post some in-process photos—that might force me to get back on track. Thanks.
-- dickvn,Virginia,vannierop@urgrad.rochester.edu
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