Popular Post Bombarde16 Posted January 26, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Gifting it to a friend today but I got a quick snapshot outside while things are offgassing. This is from Anne of all Trades's site and I even had some dark green paint for the sides. Mostly pine but the bottom shelf is poplar. Oh well. My boards were bowed, so I added tusks for the central shelf to keep things straight. Tusks are a little long, might come back later to cut them down or do something pretty with them. Right now, I just needed to get it done and on its way. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Will the tenons be trimmed or are they left long as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombarde16 Posted January 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Tpt life said: Will the tenons be trimmed or are they left long as well? In an ideal world, yes. I just ran out of time and decided to go with it as is. They can always become shorter in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I zoomed in (well you know, I had too) and darn clean looking mortises! And not to chase a compliment with a comment but yeah, I would have shortened the tenons and rounded them over like the top of the sides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, K Cooper said: I zoomed in (well you know, I had too) and darn clean looking mortises! And not to chase a compliment with a comment but yeah, I would have shortened the tenons and rounded them over like the top of the sides. I'm with Coop on this one...but like you said easy fix later if you choose too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Very nice piece. Cool contrast with the paint and light color of the horizontals. Rounded tenon ends that echo the top of the sides comes to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Jim Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 This looks great! Thanks for sharing. Quick question here. The shelves have dados and through tenons. Is it common to for a shelf (or any crosspiece for that matter) to have both? I'm not questioning what you did here as a critique, I am just still super new to woodworking and would just like to know best practices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 I've been biting my tongue on this one, but here goes. You didn't ask for critique, but I'me gonna offer some anyway. The piece has a nice look with the paint & clear finishes, but the wedges & tenons are way out of proportion to the rest of it. They are just, no other way to put it, but huge! If you cut at least half the length of both it would be a big improvement & would literally take less than 1/2 hour. Rounding the tenons as @gee-dub suggests is a good idea, but would take time you don't want to take. And that's fair. Please don't take this as a put down, just trying to help out & hope that you, or others would do the same for me. Edit: I just had a look at Anne's version. Notice how her tenons are more in scale with the shelf she made? Her tenons are also a lot narrower, but that isn't something you can change at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 A bookshelf tends to be right up against a wall, so not the worst scenario, but those long tenons look likely to be bumped or snagged by people walking by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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