This is a the first thing I've posted that's not a pen.
Black Cherry & Curly Maple 4' wide 2-shelf bookcase.
Designed with a finished back in case it's ever used in the middle of a room.
The sides are frame & panel with bookmatched cherry floating panels.
The back is frame & panel with a mid-stile; the rear panels are ship-lapped
black cherry resawn to 3/8" thick and floating in the frame.
All frame & panels are full mortise & tenon construction.
The back panel has a 1/4" stub-tenon the full length of each stile fitting
into a 1/4" stopped dado on each side panel.
The bottom shelf is connected using a stub mortise & tenon.
The case top connects using a shallow dado which sits down on the back and sides.
The middle shelf sits on shelf pins.
The photos are terrible but they'll give you some idea what I've done.
Prior to applying the finish:
Here's the case and detail after two coats of Waterlox have been applied:
Gary
Black Cherry & Curly Maple 4' wide 2-shelf bookcase.
Designed with a finished back in case it's ever used in the middle of a room.
The sides are frame & panel with bookmatched cherry floating panels.
The back is frame & panel with a mid-stile; the rear panels are ship-lapped
black cherry resawn to 3/8" thick and floating in the frame.
All frame & panels are full mortise & tenon construction.
The back panel has a 1/4" stub-tenon the full length of each stile fitting
into a 1/4" stopped dado on each side panel.
The bottom shelf is connected using a stub mortise & tenon.
The case top connects using a shallow dado which sits down on the back and sides.
The middle shelf sits on shelf pins.
The photos are terrible but they'll give you some idea what I've done.
Prior to applying the finish:
Here's the case and detail after two coats of Waterlox have been applied:
Gary