“Now let us drink to the success of our hopeless endeavor.”
— Russian dissident toast
My
plan for the June 2011 cover project was a 17th-century “book press”
from Samuel Pepys library – considered by many historians to be the
first glass-doored bookcase ever built. It is a massive example of
carved oak and many mullions.
And
it is also too much to accomplish in the next four weeks thanks to the
day job, a couple teaching gigs and the inevitable time bloat of any
project. (Anyone got a water pill?)
So
we switched gears a couple weeks ago and I am deep into the new cover
project. It is almost as ambitious as the Pepys press, has a cool story
behind it and has been on my list of projects to do for a long time.
More details soon.
— Christopher Schwarz
Absolutely love that hybrid dovetail pic. An inspiration all by itself.
Well everything has a room for improvement… This just proves that bookcase project is not an easy task. I remember my first project and I have to admit it was a disaster. It is a war between measurements and the materials. But as I go one and after wasting effort, time and money I finally got it.
Chris:
Isn’t your "day job" woodworking and woodworking journalism? If you enjoy woodworking and being an editor, would you really want to have a non-woodowrking day job?
Matthew Holbrook
reformedtruth@yahoo.com
Civil War era field desk?
Since the new project has yet to be promulgated, I presume we are implicitly being asked to guess at what it is.
Is it half a bookcase? No, that doesn’t make sense… Half a bookcase that converts into a workbench (by flipping it on it’s side)?
Ok, I stink at this guessing game… guess I’ll just wait for the details… feel free to roll with either of my ideas though.
Definitional question, I always thought divided light windows were divided by muntins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntin) and mullions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullion) divided one window from another?
– Jared
Interesting layout at the corner, where I expected a half finger. I had to look twice, Chris.
Al
Jefferson’s book boxes, via R.U. ?
Is that some soft, supple pine I see?