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A place for her stuff & cat. Bookcase for our nieces daughter. Quarter sawn red oak.
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A place for her stuff & cat. Bookcase for our nieces daughter.  Quarter sawn red oak.8 June 2022
Here's Scamper The-Cat on his bookcase. Another epic opus of a post.A fun project with a nice surprise. Cleaning up my shop/garage, after many years, I uncovered a plank of red oak that was true 8/4 by six inches and 8ft long. Well this was something long forgotten and covered with a fine coat of dust.With nice long even grain I milled out some 1×2's for the legs and milled the rest for rails and slats. The end results were quarter sawn pieces.The bookcase is similar to a couple I've made over the past years. The plan was originally from www.plansnow.com I made changes to the design appearance, no drawers (Aria hides food), sized to 30W 14D & 46H with 3 fixed and 2 adjustable shelfs.The part I really like about this design is the routed dado's in the back and side rails. This really adds a lot to the strength of the case.The sides were a true 4/4. All pieces mortise and tenon.A 3/4×1/2 rabbit was cut on the rear of the legs to receive the back rails. The back rails were routed to fit snug with the legs and allow back panels to be added. A length wise dado was cut to fit the fixed shelfs.The side pieces were dry clamped and a stop dado cut from the rear to and inch from the front. I cut a length of oak to act as spacing guides where the side and back rails will connect. This really helps in the gluing up phase.Did layouts for the shelf supports and locking pins for the rails. Assembled dry for fit. The back panels were 1/2 inch sanded plywood. All pieces were sanded to 600 and finished with multiple coats of Waterlux high gloss varnish.Delivered in pieces and final assembly. It's a heavy piece but it can come apart. She now has her own case. Her brother, made him one years back, now wants another bigger case.thanks for viewing.

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