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About The Site

Hi Folks, After 36 years in the IT industry, I have retired (almost) and taken up the craft of making quality furniture and have set up this site to chronicle and share my experiences.

Mission Bookcase – delivered

Here is a pic of the completed bookcase.  
The 4 shelves are adjustable.  There are floating panels on each side and 2 on the back.  I used a “clover” milk paint to stain this a very light green which allows the grain (poplar) to show.  It was sealed with 6 coats of tung oil.
 Not visible in [...]

0.2 Frame Assembly

After laying out the position of the mortises on each of the frame corners and the single rear stile, the mortises were cut using my mortising machine. 
I made 1/2″ mortises and allowed for a 1/4″ inset for the side and rear panels.  The front bottom rail and the top face frame mortise were cut so the [...]

0.1 Bookcase – Laminating Panels

In the prior photos (0 Bookcase), though hard to see, I have already prepared the corners of the frame. Specific steps were:

Cut selected (i.e., no flaws that will weaken the frame) 8 / 4 poplar to rough length on the miter saw
Divide these lengths into about 3 1/2 inches rough width on the band saw [...]

0 Mission Style Bookcase – construction

A young lady asked me to build a Mission style bookcase as in the rough sketch below.

so I thought I would document the steps in its construction.
Here are shots of the rough wood – poplar.  
I need 3 sizes – 4 / 4 for the shelves and panels,  6 / 4  for the frame components, the top and doors, [...]