| Bookcase Project design here. I stayed pretty close to the design, but reduced the width and included one less moveable shelf. Material: hard maple Finish: Water based dye. Watco natural, 2 coats. Orange shellac 1lb cut 2 coats. Highlights: blind sliding dovetails for fixed shelves and half-blind dovetails for top. |
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| My first step was to glue up each pair of boards to create the stock I needed. | Here are the 5 glued up panels of ready to work stock. |
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| With the panels to size, I cut the blind sliding dovetail slots for the lower 3 panels | My DW621 has a very small base plate and I found it difficult to register well against my Leigh jig. Here's my slip, and the repair I made. |
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| Detail of the blind sliding dovetail assembly. | |
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| The top of the case is held with half-blind dovetails shown here. | As I head out for a week of working on the road, here's my pile of pieces. |
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| After a coat of dye, here's the stock with two coats of Watco natural. | After the Watco, I added two coats of orange shellac. Now it's assembly time: |
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© 2003 Joseph D. Skehan - Last Modified: February 19, 2003
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