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At the bottom are two - 62 in. 5 24 in. long curves formed with a flexible wood back s62 in. 3/4 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 27 in. Oak batten, one extending end to end on the PL ash lower stretcher, and the other a short 1 a 7 rched 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. x 27 1/2 in. 3 2 ⁄8 Oak 1 ⁄16 in.graceful arch at in.the bottom of the sides, stretcher ending at a straight step at each end to 1 4 in. 4 in. suggest 7legs. 35⁄16 Side 2 ⁄8 in. 10 in. 3/4 in.3 x5 ⁄163 in. x 26 1/2in. in. Oak 3 16 back 1 stretchers⁄ in. --Asa Christiana, editor, Fine Woodworking 3 10 in. Long stretchers1 1 ⁄4 in. 13⁄4 in. screws 1/4 in. x 27 1/2 in. x 45 3/4 in. Side Long stretchers Oak she FO r stretchers LVes 30 woodworker screws Oak veneer VideOs #12 x 2 in. flat head screws 335⁄8 in.335 VideOs FO r plywood⁄8 in. Go to back Fine 3 3 woodworking.com/ 24 1 ⁄4 in.1 ⁄4 in. #6 x 3/4 in. flat head screws Steel start 13⁄16 in. to watch a multi-part video detailing how to build this bookcase from start to finish. 95⁄8 in. 9 in. 17 in. Steel 13⁄16 in. 5 3 3 9 ⁄8 in. 9 in. 9 ⁄16 in.9 ⁄16 in. 41 in. 31/2 in.17 in. 41 in. 48 in. ViDeOs Visit us online at 48 in. Finewoodworking.com/ s 31/2 in. tart to watch a two-part video detailing how to build this workbench from start to finish. ViDeOs Visit us online at Finewoodworking.com/start to watch a two-part video detailing how to build this workbench from start to finish. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! A Classic Case Floating-tenon joinery and curly cherry update a traditional Arts and Crafts design BY GREGORY PAOLINI nyone familiar with American furniture would immediately identify this book- A case as an Arts and Crafts design. However, it differs from traditional pieces in two important ways. Arts and Crafts fur- niture usually is made from quartersawn white oak, but I built this bookcase from curly cherry. Traditional Arts and Crafts pieces are joined with mortises and tenons, while I use a modern variation—the float- ing tenon (FWW #158, pp. 36-39). In floating-tenon joinery, a wooden spline (the floating tenon) joins mortises routed in both pieces (see photo, facing page). I find floating-tenon joinery to be much faster than traditional mortise-and- tenon, and plenty strong. I spent time choosing highly figured boards for the front rails and the side pan- els, which will be most visible. The back is of shiplapped cherry, resawn (sliced in half to produce two thinner boards) from 4/4 stock. Shiplapping is a method of slightly overlapping boards by rabbetting the opposite edge of each side. Shiplapped boards rarely end up sitting exactly flush with each other. Those who don’t like that look might substitute plywood or tongue- and-groove boards for the back. Prepare the stock before you begin As with all projects, I make sure the lumber is dried properly, and acclimate it to my shop for a couple of weeks. After that, I 32 FINE WOODWORKING Photos, except where noted: Andy Engel BOOKCASE ANATOMY Built from cherry and joined with floating tenons, this case is a modern take on an Top, 7⁄8 in. thick Arts and Crafts classic. The tenons provide by 121⁄2 in. wide Upper stretcher, Button blocks by 36 in.