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Giraffe Bookcase #6: Head Details
Ron Stewart
The giraffe's head is one of the more complex parts of the bookcase because both it and its horns and ears are removable (the former for transport,...
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Giraffe Bookcase #5: Routing the Tail
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The giraffe's tail is is a compound shape formed by a circle, ellipse, and trapezoid. [06.00 Tail Dimensions.jpg] I made a template and used it to...
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Giraffe Bookcase #4: Cutting the Legs
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Cutting the legs turned out to be one of the most troublesome parts of the project, and the part where I made the most mistakes. My original plan ...
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Giraffe Bookcase #3: Dowel Joinery
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Before I could start drilling the dowel holes in the part faces, I had to make the angle-specific drill guide blocks I mentioned in a previous post...
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Giraffe Bookcase #2: Cutting the Case Parts
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I found four good 8' long, 12" wide, 4/4 poplar boards at the lumberyard, along with a 4' long, 7-1/2" wide, 8/4 board for the legs. Theoretically,...
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Giraffe Bookcase #1: Introduction, Design, and Prep Work
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This series of blog posts describes the design, planning, and construction of the giraffe bookcase I built in 2021 for my daughter, son-in-law, and...
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #6: Grills
Ron Stewart
Before I started veneering, I came up with a concept for protective grills. Here's a rendering. Note the narrow frame on top and bottom, and the wa...
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #5: Veneering
Ron Stewart
There are several ways to attach veneer: hide glue, contact cement, cold glue in a press, etc. The only method I've ever used is the iron-on wood g...
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #4: Driver Installation and Tuning
Ron Stewart
Disclaimer: There is no woodworking content in this post. It exists to show the final pre-veneering steps of the build--the steps that turn cabinet...
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #3: Back Panel Construction
Ron Stewart
The back panel is very simple. It has a bunch of holes for the mounting bolts. There was nothing hard about them. It has a big hole in the bottom...
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #2: Cabinet Construction
Ron Stewart
Each cabinet is a relative simple box. The only thing that made it at all difficult (or, more accurately, inconvenient or awkward) is its size: 43....
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Wenge and Zebrawood Speakers (Curt Campbell's Invictus) #1: Introduction: Design Concepts and Planning
Ron Stewart
This blog series provides some details about the Wenge and Zebrawood speakers I built in 2013. I didn't design these speakers; I built them from...
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