| Project by jakub76 | posted 231 days ago | 1416 views | 9 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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This is my take on Roubo’s popular bookstand.
It’s my first attempt and made from Meranti (Pacific Maple). I adjusted the dimensions of the design to suit the dimensions of my left-over stock, 185mm wide.
I did some drawings trying to match some of the Queen Anne style furniture already in my daughter’s room, hence the legs. The hinge is as per Roubo’s design which I was interested to learn is more than 200 years old.
Stained with walnut coloured dye, finished with a coat of Boiled Linseed Oil then a few coats of shellac. My 5 yo daughter wanted to help me with the shellac so I let her paint on three coats – it’s left the finish a bit inconsistent but it was worth it having her so keen and involved.
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Greenman
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#1 posted 231 days ago
Beautiful styling. Do you have any further sketches or photos of the hinge section, it looks like the shipwright hinge I’ve been experimenting with recently.
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#2 posted 231 days ago
Great job! I’ve been wanting to build one of these, the hinges intrigue me.
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jakub76
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#3 posted 231 days ago
Greenman, there’s a simple plan linked from here http://www.woodwrightschool.com/downloadable-plans/ as well as a great how-to video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-rncivcdk
Greenman
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#4 posted 231 days ago
Thanks for the video and plan links, it was really great to see how these are made…another project to add to my list.
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#5 posted 231 days ago
i just saw that woodwright episode the other day. Nice work.
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#6 posted 231 days ago
Love the antique charm of it. Thanks for sharing!
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#7 posted 230 days ago
Gorgeous book stand! I could read more and more from this one.
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#8 posted 230 days ago
Nice job. That hinge is really cool.
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