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"Spring 2000" is a bit misleading here -- this project took over a
year to complete. The shelves were designed by Gregg and Camille Sales. Gregg
and I planned to make two sets. The Sales would keep one, and we'd sell the
other -- I'd pocket half of the profit, and Gregg would have paid for his
shelves.
By the time they were in progress for over a year (possibly two), both the
Sales and the Wilsons had gone from 2-person families to 3-person families. The
Wilson garage had been graced by their presence for a lonnnnnng time. Julie
decided the second shelves were NOT to be sold.
The
light-colored wood is sycamore, while the dark wood is African Padauk (pretty
cool stuff, although I kind of wonder if the choice of wood was grossly
irresponsible from an environmental standpoint). The finish is a water-based
polyurethane -- no stain used anywhere. This project was completed with some
fairly crude equipment. We had a heck of a time cutting the tapered legs using a
template we built for a 1950s-era ShopSmith (which served as our table saw,
bandsaw, and boring tool for the project). Note the picture frame on the top
shelf. This was one of nine or so picture frames that I made with the leftover
wood (I still have some of the African Padauk in my garage, awaiting the
opportunity to accent future projects).
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