This is Not the Bookcase You Were Looking For

?Now let us drink to the success of our hopeless endeavor.?
? Russian dissident toast

My plan for the June 2011 cover project was a 17th-century ?book press? from Samuel Pepys library ? considered by many historians to be the first glass-doored bookcase ever built. It is a massive example of carved oak and many mullions.

And it is also too much to accomplish in the next four weeks thanks to the day job, a couple teaching gigs and the inevitable time bloat of any project. (Anyone got a water pill?)

So we switched gears a couple weeks ago and I am deep into the new cover project. It is almost as ambitious as the Pepys press, has a cool story behind it and has been on my list of projects to do for a long time. More details soon.

? Christopher Schwarz

Source: http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/This+Is+Not+The+Bookcase+You+Were+Looking+For.aspx

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