Finally Finished!

[Gary Groves]

:D Finally Finished my bookcases.

Thanks for the suggestions given!

Here's some pics before finishing: 50155

And here's the Final product:50156 and 50157

[Hans Braul]

Gary,

Beautiful work! Looks very impressive. I hope you have lots of really good looking books to put in them!

Well done
Hans

[Gary Groves]

I scored the books too! Our local library had their annual Friends book sale. I had about 10% of the 10' x 7' section full before, but now, it's 95% full. For around $50 I was able to get Ludlum, Grishom, Kootz, No WW :mad: .

BTW, there's another small bookcase on the opposite wall I use for my Technical manuals, programming and computer books.

[Roy Wall]

Love the finish Gary!!

Looks great!

[Lou Ferrarini]

Beatiful job. Can I ask what kind of wood and how you finished it?

Thanks

[Gary Groves]

The case is Birch Ply & solid Birch for the face and banding of shelves.
Finished with Olympic "Red Mahogany" stain, and 4 coats of DEFT Brushable Laquer.

It took longer to finish, than to build!

[Chuck Wood]

:) Gary,

Very nice!!!! Great job! I'll bet TLOYL is tickled. Early Christmas?:)

[Hank Knight]

Very nice, Gary. Don't fill them up too fast. We have a problem with not enough shelf space. We constantly have to weed out books to make room for new ones. It kills me to get rid of books.
Nice job.

hank

[Gary Groves]

:) Gary,

Very nice!!!! Great job! I'll bet TLOYL is tickled. Early Christmas?:)

Well, she is pleased, but the room is actually my office so, it is really for me (or at least she lets me think so ;) ). She actually did the finishing part. She has much more paitence than I.

When we scored the books, 3 shelves are strickly 'disposible'. Meaning, I don't collect those authors. So, once I read them, I'm open to re-donating them and replacing them with either more disposible books or if I come across a title of an author or book I do want to collect, I won't feel guilty about getting rid of the book.

[John Timberlake]

Great job. Love the look and the scale.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Just loverly

[scott spencer]

Nice job Gary...would love to see some "after" pics with the shelves loaded.

[Dave Ray]

Great looking bookshelves, will make your office really look good. I love the finish

[Scott Vigder]

They are beautiful, and quite inspirational as I am ready to tackle four bookshelves for my wife's office, starting Monday.

[Jerry Olexa]

Nice job and great finish. Show us your book laden shelves:D :)

[Craig Walls]

Very nice!! Made from birch they should be very stong. good job.

[Ken Consaul]

you finished them in place. If so, why did you choose not to finish them in the shop. I know that Deft has some strong fumes and it must have been tough in the house for a while.