Cherry Bookcase

Looks great!

-- Paul, Texas

This looks like it is coming along very nicely. Which publication of Woodsmith was the plan in?

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Looks good. How are you going to finish it?

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Very nice… I showed my wife and she is inspired… They style is not quite right for our home but she says she is going to draw up a picture and then I start looking for plans!

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Beautiful! I like the design very much. Sometimes when I get to that point in a project, I’m almost afraid to finish it for fear of messing it up!

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

I know that feeling, Charlie!!

The bookcase is gorgeous.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very good Doc. I’ve been happy using Amber Shellac for the first 3 coats and then sanding it smooth and then using clear shellac in a French Polish to bring out the shine.

Cherry is a great wood. I just picked up six boards at the sawmill 14’ long 2 – 19” wide and 4 – 16” wide and some additional at 2 1/4 thick by 12” wide.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Fine work! Please post some picks after a finish has been applied.

-nicky

-- Nicky

Congradulations, that’s a very nice piece.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Make sure you read up on staining cherry. It tends not to stain evenly. Gel stains work really well for this purpose.

You did a really nice job with the bookcase.

-- There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't!

Here ’s a Cherry Magazine Table with a red Mahogany stain

You did a good job on the corners. Actually you did a good job all over, but the corners caught my eye.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

I agree with all the rest that looks fantastic.

-- Billp

Sorry for the delayed response here. My second job, you know the one I go to everyday from 7am to 7pm, keeps getting in the way of my first job, building fine furniture for free.

The plans are in Woodsmith 155.

I really appreciate all the hints and tips on how to finish it. I am going to practice with a Mahogany Gel Stain on some scrap pieces of Cherry.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

You mention a few mistakes… I fail see them. ;-) Very nice execution. I agree with Obi on the corners. Nice and tight.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Great job. Looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see how it finishes up.

That’s a great cherry find you got there Karson… Couldn’t fit those in my car. You could make one heck of a bookcase – nice deep shelves for all those coffee table books and other weighty tomes!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

Nicely executed, how did the finishing go? (Late comment because I’ve been looking at the projects of the folk who have commented on my stuff)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso