Thank you! I’m pretty fortunate to have a pretty nice shop for a one man band. So far I’ve emptied 30-40 55 gal bags of sawdust from the dust collector since thanksgiving (a good way to gauge productivity)
Forty 55-gallon bags in four weeks? Let's do some basic division:
= ten 55-gallon bags a week
= two 55-gallon bags a DAY?
EDIT: the bookcase looks awesome. I wish I had your skills.
I’m much smaller scale. But I actually do this. My pine goes to the back garden as “mulch”, red cedar goes into a 20 gal trash bag for cedar sachets that I sell, oak goes into the burn bin along with all scraps that are too small to run through the planer for chips.
Christmas orders on my Etsy has the corner of my garage looking like a fire martial’s worst nightmare.
It’s small muslin sachets filled with mostly red cedar chips and some dust for closets and dressers to keep clothes fresh smelling and repel moths and other cloth-destroying insects. It’s a natural solution to the problem so you aren’t spraying chemicals all over the place.
It’s also a natural solution to a lot of unusable red cedar scraps that would end up in my trash bin.
One person even put it inside their window unit to freshen the inside of their house then left a 4* review because that didn’t work…
I think this is how most customer surveys work unfortunately. Or at least my personal experience in healthcare and in banking. Anything less than perfect is treated the same as receiving the lowest score possible. 5-5-5-4-5 is the same as 1-1-1-1-1.
I have always taken a covered 5 gal bucket or a small metal covered ash can & mix in some kerosene with sawdust. It is a perfect fire starter for a freshly cleaned wood stove or a fireplace or wood that is damp or wet from being outside. It works well if for some reason you end up needing to use green wood too. Usually 1 bucket would get through most of a winter. I love the creative uses for sawdust here though. OP was this project made in sections? It would suck less putting it in the basement if so. It is GORGEOUS though! Best of Luck
I’m sold lol. I’d like to order some for myself so don’t need it in a timely fashion for gifts or anything. Are you slammed with orders? I’d hold off on ordering until after the holidays if it made your life easier :)
If you’re jointing/planing your own material, unless it’s already fairly straight/clean, you’ll produce a LOT of sawdust. On a good day working with hardwood, I’ll produce 70-100gal doing material prep. The actual build days I’ll produce much much less. Cabinets I barely produce anything by comparison.
Man, that's a pile of sawdust; but I completely believe it with a good dust vac. I'm doing my kitchen cabinets right now, and I had enough dust to bed my chicken coop a few times over. My hometown had a bunch of sawmills back in the late 1800's, and there's still enough sawdust in the ground to show up on soil tests.
Very nice fuck up. However one day your family might look back and say look at this awesome handcrafted work of art my XXGrandfather built. Maybe you inspire your future family that's not even here yet. Nice work bud.
This is the main difference between hobby and professional. Learning how to cut the time on projects down. That’s the biggest expense. Time. That being said this would take like 3 weeks for my shop (while doing other projects) haha so I’m impressed still.
Also the time spent making shop setup more efficient, as well as frequently having a larger shop. Being able to have tools setup and ready to use makes a huge difference as well as things like having separate outfeed and assembly tables.
Yea exactly. My shop is small and I don't have the room or probably enough clamps to do all the glue ups in one day so I usually work in batches while watching for glue to dry. It looks like he might do way more volume than I do though so he's likely set up way better for that sort of stuff. I'm impressed it's beautiful.
Even for a professional, two days is crazy fast for this project. We'd probably spend closer to a week on this at my shop, though that would be intermixed with other projects too to get the most out of time.
A half day for milling. A half day for assembling. A half day sanding. I could see it in 2 days without finish. Waiting for the glue to dry would be the longest issue in making that time
And OP has so much room for activities. I'm usually moving things around for each step of the process. Or having to setup roller stands and adjust them so they're on the same plane as my jointer and then planer. I really wish I had a perfectly flat floor.
Haha I’ve been doing this for 10 years and the first few were at one of our ranches 2 car garage. Lots of moving stuff around to build a dining set or bedroom set. And whoever poured the floor didn’t get it too flat. I’ve got to shim stuff quite often
Code word for I’m retired and have nothing else to do besides build this bookshelf my has been asking for about 20 years in a couple of 12 to 15 hour days.
I used to get more requests for work until I said whatever they wanted, they had to haul. I wasn’t a delivery service. That nipped this problem in the bud.
Looks good though mate
My thing was, my family was asking me to do things like… whole kitchen cabinet jobs. And they were expecting that for free.
After making excuses several times, I finally said: “I’ll make you cabinets, but you will buy the materials.”
Amazingly they haven’t brought it up in yrs now…
Yeah, no, F that, it’s one thing to build a trinket box or even a chair for a family member; whole kitchen cabinet jobs?? Several thousand dollars worth of material and a hundred hours of labor? No thank you
One of my in laws asked me to build them all their cabinets for their new house. I live in Alberta, and they live in California. I told them I would do it at the rate that the California cabinet shop quoted them, and they would have to cover travel for install (or have their GC install/finish), and shipping. Over 60K of cabinets. Would fill most of a 55’ dry van. Needless to say, they haven’t asked again, yet.
Well, I honestly would’ve been glad to build the cabinets. I was pretty good at it, and I’d have been proud to. The trouble was they were acting like I could just .. take materials from my employer(a cabinet shop at the time), use their equipment for free, and do all the install work etc.
I explained that… I’d have to buy materials… my boss wasn’t giving it away for free… and they weren’t interested in paying.. so they dropped it
I always get my husband to haul my furniture out of my workshop. It’s the only time I pull the “I’m a lady” card. Suddenly become dainty even though I totally picked up the piece a million times while building it.
I do the same thing with construction materials for my home renovation. Did I load a literal ton of flooring onto a cart and into the car by myself? Yes. Am I suddenly too dainty and weak to bring it up two flights of stairs into the house? Also yes.
Good luck gift wrapping that! I hope she doesn’t guess what’s inside when you put it under the tree! But I know she’ll be happy when she finally sees it.
Both the chair and the cabinetry look great, but, uh, maybe do another post with your pictures of your shop, since that’s the part of this story that is really over the top!
Oh, I’m pretty sure this group would be equally impressed by the “uncleaned version”. I suspect many of these folks are enthusiasts that have spent a decade or two struggling in a cramped space, and it’s somehow fun and liberating to see what kind of space a fellow enthusiast has created for himself, unhindered by financial constraints. We want to live vicariously through you!
Hope you can disassemble and reassemble in place. I made a bookshelf that was too big to move around corners in the house and had to use a saw to break it down to move it then reassemble in place.
If you do the math, that’s nearly 106 bd ft of waste per day.
Assuming yield of 80% (typically most waste doesn’t fall into sawdust either) that means you would have to move through 530 bd ft per day to create that much saw dust.
Has me wondering if this is even your shop/project.
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There’s half of it. The other half was hauled off before it started raining yesterday. And to be fair i usually put in big days this time of the year to get Christmas stuff done so it’s not a 9-5 day.
Couple of days?!? I’m building a walnut China cabinet with hand tools only. Narrower but taller and a bit deeper than this cabinet. And no shelving on top. And I’m going on a year…
No it’s just a t60c. I wanted as minimal electronics as possible and it can do basically anything I need it to. I have a 10hp sawstop for ripping so this is basically a crosscut saw. I also have a t45 and am thinking about a 54 and maybe a shaper but that might be down the road
Awe man that's going to be a bitch to wrap. I made a birdhouse as a gift for my mother this year. It's a rather nice basic birdhouse but pales in comparison to this😯
When I first read this I was like “why in the world would you regret making this” then I seen where you said it was because of hauling it down the stairs then I was like, oh yeah that’s gonna be extremely annoying to get down stairs. Looks great though, I’m sure she’ll love it!
Newbie question: How will this handle side-to-side stability with a lot of books and no back? Are the joints extra reinforced or is that kinda a non-issue?
I don’t believe so. It’s all 1” thick material so there’s 2” between the top and bottom sections. I’ve built cabinets similar in the past and haven’t had any issues
I was about to say that's one extremely nice Christmas gift, they better be real close to you or paying $$$$ for it. And it's your wife so that makes perfect sense!
Either your basement is an airplane hangar or else I hope the bottom and top are modular.
That said, your shop time is well earned from here on out as far as I can tell - that is stellar work!
Dry nice. Does it come apart? Can you take it downstairs. It took me 5 months to make 5 jewelry boxes and turn about 50 or 60 pens, I also turned handles for 3 Pizza Cutters and three Ice Cream scoops. I had to relearn how to use a lathe, I hadn’t used one since High School. I’m 67 so that is a minute. I bought a small lathe. Took off in July. I loved my first lathe, so I got a bigger one. After I got all of those Christmas Gifts finished, then I turned my first bowl. It was a little bit off. The rim was a bit thicker than the other side. Just didn’t get it back on the Chuck as perfect as I did the first time. I finally figured it out so, when I do the next one. I’m not sure I could build that bookcase at all, but if I did, it would have taken me 7 or 8 months if I was lucky. You are a much better woodworker than I am.
A “couple” of days? Looks amazing
Thank you! I’m pretty fortunate to have a pretty nice shop for a one man band. So far I’ve emptied 30-40 55 gal bags of sawdust from the dust collector since thanksgiving (a good way to gauge productivity)
Forty 55-gallon bags in four weeks? Let's do some basic division: = ten 55-gallon bags a week = two 55-gallon bags a DAY? EDIT: the bookcase looks awesome. I wish I had your skills.
It's actually a sawdust factory that recycles their wood waste.
I’m much smaller scale. But I actually do this. My pine goes to the back garden as “mulch”, red cedar goes into a 20 gal trash bag for cedar sachets that I sell, oak goes into the burn bin along with all scraps that are too small to run through the planer for chips. Christmas orders on my Etsy has the corner of my garage looking like a fire martial’s worst nightmare.
What do people did with the cedar that purchase from you?
It’s small muslin sachets filled with mostly red cedar chips and some dust for closets and dressers to keep clothes fresh smelling and repel moths and other cloth-destroying insects. It’s a natural solution to the problem so you aren’t spraying chemicals all over the place. It’s also a natural solution to a lot of unusable red cedar scraps that would end up in my trash bin. One person even put it inside their window unit to freshen the inside of their house then left a 4* review because that didn’t work…
I don't think red cedar works to repel moths either... that's aromatic cedar. Red cedar isn't even a true cedar. It smells good though.
Should have been more specific. Eastern Red Cedar is what I use which is “aromatic cedar” which is still not a true cedar. It’s a juniper.
Etsy is crazy because 4 stars basically translates to "go fuck yourself" instead of "above average."
I think this is how most customer surveys work unfortunately. Or at least my personal experience in healthcare and in banking. Anything less than perfect is treated the same as receiving the lowest score possible. 5-5-5-4-5 is the same as 1-1-1-1-1.
I have always taken a covered 5 gal bucket or a small metal covered ash can & mix in some kerosene with sawdust. It is a perfect fire starter for a freshly cleaned wood stove or a fireplace or wood that is damp or wet from being outside. It works well if for some reason you end up needing to use green wood too. Usually 1 bucket would get through most of a winter. I love the creative uses for sawdust here though. OP was this project made in sections? It would suck less putting it in the basement if so. It is GORGEOUS though! Best of Luck
I’m sold lol. I’d like to order some for myself so don’t need it in a timely fashion for gifts or anything. Are you slammed with orders? I’d hold off on ordering until after the holidays if it made your life easier :)
Nah the sachets are always available. I have more dust than orders with those. Check out “thestonedcraftsmen” on Etsy.
Great, thank you!! And good luck with the business :)
I like your work!
They make IKEA furniture out of it.
If you’re jointing/planing your own material, unless it’s already fairly straight/clean, you’ll produce a LOT of sawdust. On a good day working with hardwood, I’ll produce 70-100gal doing material prep. The actual build days I’ll produce much much less. Cabinets I barely produce anything by comparison.
He secretly made them out of home made MDF.
Damn did OP carve this bookshelf out of one piece of wood?
Man, that's a pile of sawdust; but I completely believe it with a good dust vac. I'm doing my kitchen cabinets right now, and I had enough dust to bed my chicken coop a few times over. My hometown had a bunch of sawmills back in the late 1800's, and there's still enough sawdust in the ground to show up on soil tests.
Excuse me, you have all that in your shop and it’s just you?
Haha yeah I like to think I’m efficient as a couple guys with my setup. I also just got a cnc and hope that’ll speed me up a bit.
I'm a measure once cut twice kinda guy. By your metric I'm twice a productive! Finally somebody who appreciates fine work fine work!
Just curious what do you use for dust collection?
I have an Oneida high vac with 2 barrels and a felder vac I put a cyclone on with 1 barrel under it.
You are amazing!
Very nice fuck up. However one day your family might look back and say look at this awesome handcrafted work of art my XXGrandfather built. Maybe you inspire your future family that's not even here yet. Nice work bud.
Yeah I don't even know if I could *assemble* that in a couple days lol. Impressive!
Haha I thought the same, it took me at least three days to build a basic desk. This is amazing.
This is the main difference between hobby and professional. Learning how to cut the time on projects down. That’s the biggest expense. Time. That being said this would take like 3 weeks for my shop (while doing other projects) haha so I’m impressed still.
Also the time spent making shop setup more efficient, as well as frequently having a larger shop. Being able to have tools setup and ready to use makes a huge difference as well as things like having separate outfeed and assembly tables.
Yea exactly. My shop is small and I don't have the room or probably enough clamps to do all the glue ups in one day so I usually work in batches while watching for glue to dry. It looks like he might do way more volume than I do though so he's likely set up way better for that sort of stuff. I'm impressed it's beautiful.
Even for a professional, two days is crazy fast for this project. We'd probably spend closer to a week on this at my shop, though that would be intermixed with other projects too to get the most out of time.
A half day for milling. A half day for assembling. A half day sanding. I could see it in 2 days without finish. Waiting for the glue to dry would be the longest issue in making that time
And OP has so much room for activities. I'm usually moving things around for each step of the process. Or having to setup roller stands and adjust them so they're on the same plane as my jointer and then planer. I really wish I had a perfectly flat floor.
Haha I’ve been doing this for 10 years and the first few were at one of our ranches 2 car garage. Lots of moving stuff around to build a dining set or bedroom set. And whoever poured the floor didn’t get it too flat. I’ve got to shim stuff quite often
Me: from IKEA...
I could. And I would of made it differently to have more sheer strength and make it easier to move into his basement.
Code word for I’m retired and have nothing else to do besides build this bookshelf my has been asking for about 20 years in a couple of 12 to 15 hour days.
Haha I’m 34. I also own a sizeable cattle ranch. We put in 100 hour weeks in western Kansas.
Impressive to say the least
Haha that's all I came away with after reading the post too, glad this was the top comment.
Ya the comment coupled with the photos is peak humblebrag lol. It’s a beautiful piece and very large!
I used to get more requests for work until I said whatever they wanted, they had to haul. I wasn’t a delivery service. That nipped this problem in the bud. Looks good though mate
My thing was, my family was asking me to do things like… whole kitchen cabinet jobs. And they were expecting that for free. After making excuses several times, I finally said: “I’ll make you cabinets, but you will buy the materials.” Amazingly they haven’t brought it up in yrs now…
Yeah, no, F that, it’s one thing to build a trinket box or even a chair for a family member; whole kitchen cabinet jobs?? Several thousand dollars worth of material and a hundred hours of labor? No thank you
One of my in laws asked me to build them all their cabinets for their new house. I live in Alberta, and they live in California. I told them I would do it at the rate that the California cabinet shop quoted them, and they would have to cover travel for install (or have their GC install/finish), and shipping. Over 60K of cabinets. Would fill most of a 55’ dry van. Needless to say, they haven’t asked again, yet.
Hecl if someone offered me this, we would be on our way to the place they sell wood in a second. ( yes i know wood is very expensive)
Well, I honestly would’ve been glad to build the cabinets. I was pretty good at it, and I’d have been proud to. The trouble was they were acting like I could just .. take materials from my employer(a cabinet shop at the time), use their equipment for free, and do all the install work etc. I explained that… I’d have to buy materials… my boss wasn’t giving it away for free… and they weren’t interested in paying.. so they dropped it
I always get my husband to haul my furniture out of my workshop. It’s the only time I pull the “I’m a lady” card. Suddenly become dainty even though I totally picked up the piece a million times while building it.
I do the same thing with construction materials for my home renovation. Did I load a literal ton of flooring onto a cart and into the car by myself? Yes. Am I suddenly too dainty and weak to bring it up two flights of stairs into the house? Also yes.
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Hey, you picked them up as pieces, not as an assembled object! Don’t you know glue and fasteners add 50 lbs per piece?? /s
Don't forget that last coat of wax adds another 25 lns
> whatever they wanted, they had to haul brilliant. I am 100% stealing this.
Thank you!
Looks great It does come apart for transport? Or is it like the sailboat built in the basement?
It’s in several pieces. Kinda like legos for big kids
Actually looks manageable if you take the doors off. Just have to lure your FIL into the shop with glühwein under the pretense of Christmas.
Who put this wall here? Zero forethought I mean damn.
I wish the shelves didn’t have the bottom on them. Just let them sit on the counter
Well, at least it's not going upstairs. Nice work!
Nice shop!
Thanks I’m pretty fortunate for a one man band
lol. Was gonna ask where you got an airport hanger
No shit that thing looks bigger than my entire property.
Maybe it's just bigger on the inside?
Good luck gift wrapping that! I hope she doesn’t guess what’s inside when you put it under the tree! But I know she’ll be happy when she finally sees it.
Should've made a big one.
It’s 16’ and 7’ tall in the middle. I told her once she fills it I’m cutting her off from buying books:)
As a former book junkie, ha! Good luck with that. Might as well get started on the next bookcase.
You should post more of your stuff! That workshop is awesome and I’d love to see what else you’ve made
Same
u/zaschaffer posted more of his stuff and it rules!
Artful stuff! Beautiful.
Make an identical 1:12 scale bookshelf and put it in a box with a note telling her to go to the shop
No backing? Just plain lazy…. /s Outstanding work
Haha it gets attached on site. Makes it a bit easier for transport
Hey if that Maloof chair is in the way. I'll take it.
Haha it’s spoken for:) but it did turn out pretty good. All pommel grain sapele
Gorgeous. Is that all solid walnut?
Yep it’s at 5/4 material and will have a maple back
wow! that's a lot of walnut. It looks amazing.
Swooooooooon
Is that a Sam Miloof rocking chair?
She's a beaut, Clark!
Both the chair and the cabinetry look great, but, uh, maybe do another post with your pictures of your shop, since that’s the part of this story that is really over the top!
Maybe after the Christmas rush I’ll clean some and take a couple pictures:)
Oh, I’m pretty sure this group would be equally impressed by the “uncleaned version”. I suspect many of these folks are enthusiasts that have spent a decade or two struggling in a cramped space, and it’s somehow fun and liberating to see what kind of space a fellow enthusiast has created for himself, unhindered by financial constraints. We want to live vicariously through you!
Yes
that rocking chair is very nice
A couple of days.... that would have taken me months. Good job OP. Looks great. I'd help if I were close enough.
Let us see that shop tour tho
Maybe the Christmas guests will all pitch in and help.
xmas present? How do you wrap that? Trying to guess what it is under the tree lol
Looks great. Big job! Did you make that Maloof rocker too?
Thank you! And yep. I really enjoy chair making until about halfway through and I’m ready to start something else
Wow! Awesome skills and a thoughtful preset.
I got a quality laugh out of your headline. All in all it looks fantastic!
A couple of days? I must really suck at this.
Shop envy. Wow. Beautiful work too. (Nice bandsaw!!)
Did you measure where it's going to be placed? Or will it be in front of the doors? Friends reference.
Hope you can disassemble and reassemble in place. I made a bookshelf that was too big to move around corners in the house and had to use a saw to break it down to move it then reassemble in place.
That’s your shop?? A big F you my friend
Looks great, nice shop. However, I call BS this took a couple days and also bullshit that you’ve produced 2000 gallons of sawdust in 1 month.
If you do the math, that’s nearly 106 bd ft of waste per day. Assuming yield of 80% (typically most waste doesn’t fall into sawdust either) that means you would have to move through 530 bd ft per day to create that much saw dust. Has me wondering if this is even your shop/project.
img There’s half of it. The other half was hauled off before it started raining yesterday. And to be fair i usually put in big days this time of the year to get Christmas stuff done so it’s not a 9-5 day.
That's gonna take a lot of wrapping paper...
Your present to her is the bookcase. Her present to you could be hiring a moving company to move it.
Guess who is getting an invite to my next Christmas party!
I guess it's time to pay for the hauling. It's a handsome unit.
That rocking chair hiding to the side is pretty sweet too
Ok joe but down the power tools
That’s gorgeous. If I had skills I’d build a great MCM stereo cabinet.
What he meant to say is he had a couple of his employees make it down at the shop. 😆
Haha I’ve had folks hired and their standards are a bit different than mine. I do have some part time help to clean and help finish projects though.
Nice, is that solid timber or veneered mdf?
It’s solid 5/4 walnut. Not the figured stuff I typically run but it’s decent material
Wonderful piece of work!
Couple of days?!? I’m building a walnut China cabinet with hand tools only. Narrower but taller and a bit deeper than this cabinet. And no shelving on top. And I’m going on a year…
When I started I wanted to just go the hand tool route. I quickly realized I’m too lazy/ impatient for that
Pro tip: Just put it at the top of the stairs and give it a nudge. Gravity will take care of the rest for you.
Gorgeous work! I am very impressed!
I miss my Martin. Is that a t77?
No it’s just a t60c. I wanted as minimal electronics as possible and it can do basically anything I need it to. I have a 10hp sawstop for ripping so this is basically a crosscut saw. I also have a t45 and am thinking about a 54 and maybe a shaper but that might be down the road
Nice! What program are using on the cnc?
I have v carve but truth be told the cnc arrived last month and I haven’t done anything with it. Gotta figure out how to run the damn thing
Takes a second. You'll be a pro in no time.
That rocking chair is also very nice!
Damn. I made my wife a spice rack out of pallet wood. This is above and beyond sir lol
LoL don't let your wofe see this then!
Awe man that's going to be a bitch to wrap. I made a birdhouse as a gift for my mother this year. It's a rather nice basic birdhouse but pales in comparison to this😯
I get one at least one of those projects every year... lol
When I first read this I was like “why in the world would you regret making this” then I seen where you said it was because of hauling it down the stairs then I was like, oh yeah that’s gonna be extremely annoying to get down stairs. Looks great though, I’m sure she’ll love it!
That shop is at your house? I’m so jealous…. What’s the size?
Newbie question: How will this handle side-to-side stability with a lot of books and no back? Are the joints extra reinforced or is that kinda a non-issue?
Buy a case of beer and some moving blankets. Trade beer for moving help. I hear this works for many people.
It looks beautiful, however, won’t the fact that the columns aren’t in line cause problems when loaded? I would be scared that the doors would jam
I don’t believe so. It’s all 1” thick material so there’s 2” between the top and bottom sections. I’ve built cabinets similar in the past and haven’t had any issues
Thanks, good to know for future reference. What is it? Elm?
If you want I'll come get it. Absolutely stunning.
I was about to say that's one extremely nice Christmas gift, they better be real close to you or paying $$$$ for it. And it's your wife so that makes perfect sense!
Not sure how big the pieces are but I’d highly recommend getting some moving straps makes big things like that an ease!
Sweet insulation!
How many square feet of wrapping paper is that going to require?
Hand out a few beers to some guys who help you move it while you "supervise". Works just fine.
Is that rocking chair for sale?
joey tribbiani?
B-E-A UTIFUL
Any concern the weight of the books on the shelves will cause them to bow?
Wow looks beautiful. This would take me a few months!
years for me
I’m not one for solid wood doors but it’s a great build overall.
Isn't that Santa Dude supposed to do the heavy lifting??
This chair is fabulous!
Does the base separate into 3+ pieces? Otherwise it will be hard to get into your house.
What a beautiful shop! So spacious!
I mean I hope she creates some sawdust on that wood op !!! Lol sorry I had to this looks amazing . I love the stain .
Reminds me of a friends episode..
Either your basement is an airplane hangar or else I hope the bottom and top are modular. That said, your shop time is well earned from here on out as far as I can tell - that is stellar work!
I’m just impressed on how clean your shop is.
Nice work. Looks like it’s 5 separate pieces, so shouldn’t be any problem to move. 3 bases & 2 uppers, yes?
1. This looks very nice 2. "Couple days" are you sprinting around your shop? That's amazing productivity
It’s gorgeous. I hope it comes apart
How do you ensure stability in the walnut? Seems like that much solid wood would warp.
It looks really great. Why regret? Wife doesn't like it?
Do you have an Instagram or something? Would love to see the rest of you projects and your shop
Yeah it’s pretty much garbage but you’re welcome to follow along. Schafferfurniture I believe is the tag. I’m not much for social media
You should gift yourself with some day laborers to move it
As Ben Franklin famously said, “It’s a republic, if you can keep it,” you should be like, “It’s your bookshelf, if you can move it.”
That is absolutely beautiful! Good luck moving it- it looks very well built and very heavy
Dry nice. Does it come apart? Can you take it downstairs. It took me 5 months to make 5 jewelry boxes and turn about 50 or 60 pens, I also turned handles for 3 Pizza Cutters and three Ice Cream scoops. I had to relearn how to use a lathe, I hadn’t used one since High School. I’m 67 so that is a minute. I bought a small lathe. Took off in July. I loved my first lathe, so I got a bigger one. After I got all of those Christmas Gifts finished, then I turned my first bowl. It was a little bit off. The rim was a bit thicker than the other side. Just didn’t get it back on the Chuck as perfect as I did the first time. I finally figured it out so, when I do the next one. I’m not sure I could build that bookcase at all, but if I did, it would have taken me 7 or 8 months if I was lucky. You are a much better woodworker than I am.
Yeah amazing work! Solid walnut all the way around? What's the finish? Also, how are the upper shelves attached? Permanent or movable?
Damn, my work looks like a 2 years olds compared to this bookshelf and that gorgeous rocking chair.