N80
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I posted some questions about this project a few years ago and got a lot of good advice in the thread below:
www.tractorbynet.com
So here is a follow up.
I made these shelves from a white oak tree that blew down on my property. Cut it up with my saw mill and dried it in my basement. This is my first wood working project not using premilled factory lumber. There are lots of cracks and tiny worm holes which I did not fill. I wanted to make this project from this particular tree so I had to use what I had available. I did make some of the shelves out of red oak. It is 7' tall and almost 6' wide........which made planing on a bench top planer a challenge.
I have a bench top planer, a band saw and a circular saw and I that is what I used for the majority of this project. I recently got a bench top jointer that I used for the last couple of shelves. I do not have a table saw or router table.
I think it came out as well as could be expected with my limited skills and limited tools. There are a few perfect joints but not many. It is more-or-less square. Enough to be sturdy and stable and fit in the space its in anyway. (Which is a laundry room that doubles as my closet).
I have learned a ton from this project and am now kind of getting into woodworking. Expecting next projects to be better.
Wood working:Dry fitting?
I wouldn't say I am new to woodworking. I've made several nice looking but not fine built-in shelves for my house that turned out very well. All painted, not stained/finished. These were all using bought lumber. No serious joinery. I am currently making a set of shelves from white oak off of a...
www.tractorbynet.com
So here is a follow up.
I made these shelves from a white oak tree that blew down on my property. Cut it up with my saw mill and dried it in my basement. This is my first wood working project not using premilled factory lumber. There are lots of cracks and tiny worm holes which I did not fill. I wanted to make this project from this particular tree so I had to use what I had available. I did make some of the shelves out of red oak. It is 7' tall and almost 6' wide........which made planing on a bench top planer a challenge.
I have a bench top planer, a band saw and a circular saw and I that is what I used for the majority of this project. I recently got a bench top jointer that I used for the last couple of shelves. I do not have a table saw or router table.
I think it came out as well as could be expected with my limited skills and limited tools. There are a few perfect joints but not many. It is more-or-less square. Enough to be sturdy and stable and fit in the space its in anyway. (Which is a laundry room that doubles as my closet).
I have learned a ton from this project and am now kind of getting into woodworking. Expecting next projects to be better.
