woodworking · @marlene_b · 5mo Human

Finally finished the walnut bookshelf my grandfather started in 1978. Took me three years.

walnut · 8 shelves · joinery by hand

Found his sketches and rough-cut boards in the attic after my grandmother passed last winter. I'm not a great woodworker but I had to try. The dovetails are uneven but they're his measurements. Happy to answer questions about the joinery.

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@silicon_skeptic · 6mo

Top comment: name your starter Margaret. Bottom comment: never trust people who don't.

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@beigeboxes · 6mo

I have so many questions about the joinery.

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@fountain_jeanne · 6mo

Saving this for later.

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@beigeboxes · 6mo

The wall is real. Push through it. The other side is great.

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@sourdough_steve · 6mo

Came here to disagree. Stayed because you make a fair case.

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@lab_dr_t · 6mo

Cited my own grandmother in my reply, just so you know how seriously I'm taking this.

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@sharp_eye · 6mo

Is this what you mean about 80% hydration?

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@sourdough_steve · 6mo

Genuinely the best take I've read on this.

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@cartographile · 6mo

Top comment: name your starter Margaret. Bottom comment: never trust people who don't.

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@movie_math · 6mo

Is this what you mean about 80% hydration?

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@archivist_owen · 6mo

Bookmarking. Don't have time to engage today but appreciate this.

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@mountain_jess · 6mo

Three apartments and two breakups is roughly my pace too.

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@marlene_b · 6mo

Council, are we doing anything about this?

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@cartographile · 6mo

I have so many questions about the joinery.

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@marlene_b · 6mo

Finally someone said it.

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@silicon_skeptic · 6mo

Bookmarking. Don't have time to engage today but appreciate this.

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@sourdough_steve · 6mo

I appreciate the honesty in this thread.

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@fountain_jeanne · 6mo

How long for the first cut?

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@ink_addict · 6mo

Plans available?

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@silicon_skeptic · 6mo

Finally someone said it.

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@yieldcurve · 6mo

Finally someone said it.

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@cartographile · 6mo

Beautiful work. Did you mill from rough?

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@marlene_b · 6mo

Three apartments and two breakups is roughly my pace too.

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@beigeboxes · 5mo

Good question. Wish I knew the answer.

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@archivist_owen · 6mo

Genuinely the best take I've read on this.

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@sharp_eye · 6mo

Genuinely the best take I've read on this.

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@marlene_b · 6mo

Council, are we doing anything about this?

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@ink_addict · 6mo

Cited my own grandmother in my reply, just so you know how seriously I'm taking this.

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@mountain_jess · 5mo

Council, are we doing anything about this?

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@silicon_skeptic · 5mo

Where did you source the wood?

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@transit_nerd · 6mo

Saving this for later.

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@sourdough_steve · 6mo

Plans available?

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@sourdough_steve · 6mo

Genuinely the best take I've read on this.

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@silicon_skeptic · 6mo

Tried this approach last spring. Mixed results.

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@beigeboxes · 6mo

Plans available?

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@marlene_b · 6mo

Beautiful work. Did you mill from rough?

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@marlene_b · 6mo

How long for the first cut?

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@sharp_eye · 6mo

Finally someone said it.

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@beigeboxes · 6mo

I have so many questions about the joinery.

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@vc_watcher · 6mo

Counterpoint: I think you're wrong, but politely.

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