rrich1 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Sister in law wanted some bookcases built for her school books. I got the dimensions from her and started them. They are 3/4" red oak ply with red oak for edge banding. The stain is cherry (to hopefully match the fireplace in her room). Original plan was to dado the shelves in but I got ahead of myself and edge banned them too quickly. So pocket holes it was. They are rock solid and not going anywhere. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Wow is that sharp, that grain is awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 This look great. So did you card scrape the face to match or was that just for glue. I am currently watching a back episode in my Rob Cosman class where he is building a chest of drawers. He left the face extra wide and hand planed it down to the finish plywood. Its quite a process and not much room for error. I need to practice. But nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Great job Rich, it came out fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted May 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Wow is that sharp, that grain is awesome!Thanks. Oak isn't my favorite but it turned out nice. This look great. So did you card scrape the face to match or was that just for glue. I am currently watching a back episode in my Rob Cosman class where he is building a chest of drawers. He left the face extra wide and hand planed it down to the finish plywood. Its quite a process and not much room for error. I need to practice. But nice job !Thanks. I used a card scraper to get the edge banding down to the plywood. Then sanded it. I hadn't messed with the plane yet at that point so didn't feel comfortable trying it that way. Card scraper worked really well. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordraw Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Nice job. Those look really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 6 hours ago, rrich1 said: Thanks. Oak isn't my favorite but it turned out nice. Thanks. I used a card scraper to get the edge banding down to the plywood. Then sanded it. I hadn't messed with the plane yet at that point so didn't feel comfortable trying it that way. Card scraper worked really well. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Oak is classic though, a little cliche but its such a beautiful grain IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said: Oak is classic though, a little cliche but its such a beautiful grain IMO Agreed, it looks good in that stain too. Plus it's different than the dark walnut everyone uses on oak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 9:16 PM, BMack37 said: Agreed, it looks good in that stain too. Plus it's different than the dark walnut everyone uses on oak. I use Minwax fruitwood oil on personal stuff. I have done a fair bit of staining at work with oak and I don't remember using dark walnut. I have used Jacobean which is fairly dark. Jacobean plus amber shelac equals aged 70's dark cabinet look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Jronman said: I use Minwax fruitwood oil on personal stuff. I have done a fair bit of staining at work with oak and I don't remember using dark walnut. I have used Jacobean which is fairly dark. Jacobean plus amber shelac equals aged 70's dark cabinet look. They're pretty close in color, jacobean has a grey hue which makes it looked aged. Dark Walnut makes it look like the veneer you get on Walmart furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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