I just finished with these "simple" Stickley bookcases, from an article in Popular Woodworking Nov 2009.
The original article called for pocket hole joinery to keep it a fast and simple project. But how can you do that when you have a domino sitting around? [big grin]
Only two issues. First, I convinced myself it would be easier to glue up the front and back supports before cutting to final width so everything was perfectly flush. However, that exceed the tablesaw capacity and I was having trouble getting my chopsaw square.
Now onto staining... will post finished picks when I get to it.
Using the rail to locate the domino on the line. I just used the paddles for spacing from front and back.
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Overall it was easy, but did have pull out the "ninja domino skills" to work on the lower shelfs.
The front stretcher domino slot was located after dry fitting with the shelf dominos cut, and that meant that I had no real support for the domino to make the cut. Still, I was able to do it by applying lots
of pressure on the 3/4" of support, and then plunging VERY slowly.:
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Used the medium slots for the matching mortises, just to be safe, but I probably didn't need to.
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I have to put in an unabashed plug for the RO 90 here. I was able to sand both pieces to 220 in about 15 minutes each, including detail sanding into corners with the triangular attachment. I have NEVER gotten a project ready for finish so fast before, nor have I gotten one so well sanded. On a couple of the shelves, aligment with the front was off slightly, but I just put the RO 90 in aggressive mode and sanded over the joint for a few seconds, then switch to RO to clean it up. The joint became seamless at that point.
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The original article called for pocket hole joinery to keep it a fast and simple project. But how can you do that when you have a domino sitting around? [big grin]
Only two issues. First, I convinced myself it would be easier to glue up the front and back supports before cutting to final width so everything was perfectly flush. However, that exceed the tablesaw capacity and I was having trouble getting my chopsaw square.
Now onto staining... will post finished picks when I get to it.
Using the rail to locate the domino on the line. I just used the paddles for spacing from front and back.
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Second:
Overall it was easy, but did have pull out the "ninja domino skills" to work on the lower shelfs.
The front stretcher domino slot was located after dry fitting with the shelf dominos cut, and that meant that I had no real support for the domino to make the cut. Still, I was able to do it by applying lots
of pressure on the 3/4" of support, and then plunging VERY slowly.:
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Used the medium slots for the matching mortises, just to be safe, but I probably didn't need to.
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I have to put in an unabashed plug for the RO 90 here. I was able to sand both pieces to 220 in about 15 minutes each, including detail sanding into corners with the triangular attachment. I have NEVER gotten a project ready for finish so fast before, nor have I gotten one so well sanded. On a couple of the shelves, aligment with the front was off slightly, but I just put the RO 90 in aggressive mode and sanded over the joint for a few seconds, then switch to RO to clean it up. The joint became seamless at that point.
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