Here is a link to somepics of some bookcases I did over in Capitol Hill, Washington DC. http://homepage.mac.com/quicksilver6/PhotoAlbum10.html
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Man, that's some nice work!! I remember some of your past posts with pictures. Keep those comin' dude, you're doing some excellent work!!
We'd like to make a trip to the DC area sometime. It'd be my pleasure to look ya up.
I get paid to do carpentry. That makes me a professional.
If I work on my own house does that make me a DIY?
I appreciate the compliment. A man with saw dust on his shoulders is always welcome around here.
Wjhat about sawduast and shavings in my drawers?
BTW, are the bases lost space or encompassing something? Good looking! I'm doing a cape with built in futon draweer that will have a similar base front.
I love maple
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Ya there was a strange concrete . . . I want to call it a buttress like something you'd see in a basement dig out when they retain the soil rather than underpin. It really looked like it was original to the home, which was probably just under 100 years old. any how that and the column in the middle was encompassing concrete also that wasn't doing any work other the buttressing the buttress as far as I could tell.
That's some very fine work. Totally impressed. Don't you just love it when the finish goes on, all your hard work (and sometimes your mistakes) is revealed.
Awesome.
Bookcases look nice!
I like the way that you did the vertical shelf dividers, has a better look then just a single thickness of ply.
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NICE work!!!! I too like the columns that devide the shelf sections. Who designed it? I guess people on Capitol hill can afford to pay for talent... On a house I'm doing now guy had elaborate plans for bookcases flanking the fireplace but thought he could get them for a few hundred... I guess.
Gets me to thinking... The talent is around for Fine Home Building... The challenge is just finding customers who can both afford it and are willing to pay for it. Not that this is any great declaration.
The challenge is justI finding customers who can both afford it and are willing to pay for it. Not that this is any great declaration.
I think you are right. The key is to take advantage of the few that you come across. Then, they seem to multiply. Once you're in the neighborhood, it's easy to stay.
Agreed. But I'm not sure "take advantage of" is the best choice of words... :-)
lol. Sounds a little suspicious.
I designed it. It was a culmination of different techniques I have come up with over the years. And its true, living here in the city has its advantages as far as clients who really want a qualty product. I use plywood where ever I can, if you notice there is a verticle board midway on the base of the larger section. I toiled over how to get around that but the eight foot increments played a major role in driving the design. I have a Virutex edge bander that was a great investment. Cutting down on the hardwood by more creative use of the ply actually adds to the design challenge. And the Kremlin rig gives a finish that is unequalled. The more I save in stock the more I can put into the design. Therefore building my rep and getting the attention of more discerning clients. I recently posted some pics under the heading "new construction in the city" That'll give you an idea of my full time gig, These built-ins are something that I take on between larger jobs. I have two ready to begin in the coming months.
Yea - I remembered that you had a "full time gig" and was wondering how the bookcases fit in with that...Now I know.
Tell me a bit more about the "Virutex edge bander " - hope you haven't already covered that...
Just google the name Virutex they have a bunch of cool gadgets. I'm almost sure I spelled it right. If not I'm sure I'll stand corrected. It basically holds the roll of pre-glued banding above a a heat gun and you hit the trigger the heat melts the glue and you roll it down the edge of the plywood. The Banding is about an inch thick and it will hang proud of both edges. I always follow the still hot banding with a four inch rubber roller to insure a good bond, and then trim it along it edge with a little trimming tool that is plastic and inexpensive and fits over the edge and trims both sides at once -its about the size of a block plane. I don't know what its call maybe an edge banding trimmer. I cut the ends flush with yellow handled metal snips. You got to make sure you have a clean rip. Then I sand smooth with some 120 or 150 grit. I also use a lot of the Festool line. Which I can't say enough about. But to expound just a little of all these fancy tools that have come out during my career the Pls 5 first and Pls 360 second are the best two things any carpenter wanting to do qualtiy work faster can buy. I hope I've helped and consider it a duty in the brotherhood of carpentry to share any knowledge I have to any one willing to listen. Always, alway filter your carpentry through an artists eye and in the long run you'll come out on top.
Looks beautiful.I did some bookcases a decade ago for someone with fluted molding, plinth blocks, rosettes and lights in the top. Looked so good, my ego got a huge lift, but I wasn't much of a marketer so it never went anywhere.They were from Europe and wanted it paint oil based white. Oh well, I thought it still looked nice.But yours is sweet.
Go to Amazon and in tools and hardware type Virutex.
It will come up with all their stuff.