The pictures show my first bookshelf out of red oak and sweet gum. I made fixed shelves with sliding, tapered half dovetails. I joined the top with mitered, half blind dovetails. I made molding that covered up the mitered, half blind dovetails. I know I need to keep developing hand tool skills, but my wife likes it.
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Happy wife, happy life.
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