Wooden Book Jacket
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:30 am
Hi,
This thread is fine if it wanders "off subject"!
There is an article in one of the newer American Woodworker mag's about fake wooden books. I liked the idea but wanted an actual book-holder. I had some small re-sawn walnut pieces; small enough that I used a hand-plane rather than my jointer to prepare them for edge-gluing. That's the "bookmatched" "covers" of the "book," quote-unquote. The rest is built-up almost without any prior planning. I just made sure to match grain direction in all the various laminated pieces so the thing wouldn't explode with humidity changes in the future.
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By the way, I found out the hard way that the Hole-Plug Cutter does have a significant taper. If you pound the plugs too hard, they will split the hole. Luckily I just glued it back together with greater caution applying my maple plugs. The longest holes, I put regular dowels in, then faced them with my nicer maple plugs.
happy woodkworking!
This thread is fine if it wanders "off subject"!
There is an article in one of the newer American Woodworker mag's about fake wooden books. I liked the idea but wanted an actual book-holder. I had some small re-sawn walnut pieces; small enough that I used a hand-plane rather than my jointer to prepare them for edge-gluing. That's the "bookmatched" "covers" of the "book," quote-unquote. The rest is built-up almost without any prior planning. I just made sure to match grain direction in all the various laminated pieces so the thing wouldn't explode with humidity changes in the future.
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By the way, I found out the hard way that the Hole-Plug Cutter does have a significant taper. If you pound the plugs too hard, they will split the hole. Luckily I just glued it back together with greater caution applying my maple plugs. The longest holes, I put regular dowels in, then faced them with my nicer maple plugs.
happy woodkworking!