Making a moulding plane bookcase

Building a bookshelf is a fairly simple woodworking project that you can get done in just a. Occasionally i get fancy and employ a complex moulding plane in the form of my 18 and 14. Print one of these free bookshelf plans and youll have everything you need to get started building a bookcase for any room in your house. This plane could easily pass for a francis nicholson plane. There is a 1 x 2 in the back, on the other side, behind the 1 x 8 to stabilize it. The cutting was nothing fancy he just used a miter saw to cut at a 45 degree angle. Beech billets for plane making red rose reproductions. When made properly, the maple blocks should extend 1. The long, straight lines of bookcase shelving can be made to look substantial using bullnose molding. Next, shape the sole of the plane to the reverse profile of the molding, and then true the iron to the sole and get started. I was thrilled with the results and learned that a little paint and crown. Old street tool has a good article that goes into depth about beech as a plane. How to use molding to trim a bookcase home guides sf gate. How to add crown molding to a bookcase thistlewood farms.

After all, any dovetail on furniture can be cut with a single saw. To see that it can be done in an apartment without an involved workbenchshopetc is inspirational as. Believe me, my angle grinding skills greatly improvided by doing this. A larger and smaller radius plane used on the same curve will produce an elliptical shape. How to build a small bookcase with moldings this old house. We show you an easier way to create a classic piece for any space. These days you will find plenty of ogees, fillets, astragals, quirk beads, thumbnails, and ovolos in my work but i still rely on mainly a few sizes of planes. Fagus grandifolia beech has the qualities sought after for plane making, with the right combination of hardness, a tight grain, good wear characteristics, and the ability to quickly acclimate to its environment. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Miter and attach the chairrail molding to the front and sides, flush with the top. For the crown moulding on the builtin bookshelf, we used the same base moulding but inverted it flipped it around and also added an additional piece of moulding to make it stand out more. How to make a billy bookcase look expensive ikea hackers. Mill the material for the crown moulding, the base moulding and the bookcase top to size and thickness.

But moulding planes arent limited to cutting radius profiles. For precise crosscuts, first make a simple, selfaligning tguide for your circular saw. I cut my own tongue and groove floorboards, you can see from pauls demonstration how snug the fit is. The joinery planes are no problem to sharpen, and the beading planes and hollow plane gave me little problems, but the round plane was more difficult. A pair of these planes with the same radius is commonly used to produce a true ogeeone whose curves mirror each other. I have always been a fan of custom builtin bookcases but have been intimated by their price and the skill required to create them. The moulding planes were really neat to make especially since i made 11 of the irons from scratch using an angle grinder. This is one of the most common moldings used by cabinet and.

Attach the pieces to the front and sides, flush with the floor. Individual wooden moulding plane bodies can be fairly easily shaped using a series of hollow and round plane profiles. Theres no complex joinery like mortiseandtenon, or even doweling, so if youve hung a new door or trimmed a room with new molding, you have the expertise to handle this how to build a bookshelf project. If you dont have a miter saw, you can use one of these. Once the shelves were securely attached, hubby measured and cut pieces of crown molding for the fronts and sides of each unit, designing the molding so the sides would end flush with the wall. While they cant work on curves use a scratch stock for that, for any kind of edge trim on pieces like bookshelves, heirloom chests, and cabinets, they are hard to beat. Unlike making dovetails by hand, the tooling, method, purpose and starting point for making mouldings with hollows and rounds is not always apparent. Monticellos stacking bookcases popular woodworking magazine. In the past, the preferred wood for making wood bodied planes has been american beech. Howto make a laminate bookcase look like a builtin.

How to make prefab bookcases look like builtins ehow. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. However, about a year ago i enlisted the help of my father and a few other skilled family members to help me transform a few bookcases into a custom entertainment unit. Free moulding plane resources and articles wood and shop. Everything you need to know about moulding planes, or molding planes. Love this how to make a billy bookcase look expensive. See more ideas about woodworking tools, woodworking and antique tools. There are a few videos on the subject and im thinking of ordering one, but i want to order a book on moulding planes before i do anything else. The bookcases look ornate but are relatively simple to build.

Install a 1x3 crosspiece between the casings, up against the top. Here, he explains how in a way that also helps you get an old plane back in usable condition. It is of that period and style, but for a small fraction of the cost of a signed example. I have made a few planes, but i wont describe the process here there are several books on wooden planemaking that can lend the topic far more authority than i ever could. These glue blocks reinforce the corners of the plinth and carry the weight of the entire bookcase. The round plane has a convex sole and cuts a hollow in the workpiece. Simple barrister bookcases popular woodworking magazine. They can be guided to produce any moulding desiredafter all, these are the same tools with which mouldings were originally made. The crown actually base moulding isnt a true crown moulding so there are no special angles to figure out thank goodness. In woodworking, a moulding plane molding plane in us spelling is a specialised plane used for making the complex shapes found in wooden mouldings traditionally, moulding planes were blocks of wear resistant hardwood, often beech or maple, which were worked to the shape of the intended moulding.

You dont need a lot of moulding planes the renaissance. And then we added another piece of shoe molding to the top to hide the gap between the 1 x 8 and the bookcase. Prefab bookcase heights vary, but for this tutorial, a standard 6foot high bookcase was used with a 21inchhigh cabinet base, making the total height 93 inches, and the bookcase was 3feet wide by 1feet deep. Stepbystep woodworking plans inthewall bookcases are elegant, but they can be difficult and expensive to construct. Moulding planes dont have fences, bearings, or depth stops. On this plane i put a chamfer on the right side as well. About this bookcase projectthe classic greek revival styling of our library is reminiscent of traditional bookcases built more than a hundred years ago. After 3 work days on the bookcases and that was after i spent a little time putting them together, we finished up this project earlier this week and its definitely one that makes me really happy to see done. The woodworking aspect doesnt worry me, but the metal work does. By making mouldings by hand you will dictate your results. Invisidoor bookcase features premium plywood and domestic hardwoods. The moulding plane burnishes as it goes, especially in a resinous fruit wood. Placed beside the bed, it does double duty as both a bookshelf and an alternative nightstand.

Free resources and articles for the moulding planes video filmed at roy underhills woodwrights school. I never really thought about how much joinery is involved in making a mere window and what i especially enjoyed was the moment when the narrator said that no glue was used. Once you glue in the mitered frame, flip the plinth over and glue in 1. Every moulding cannot be made with two, four or even 10 moulding planes. Before i attempt a beading plane i think trying a hollow and round set is probably the best bet. Special purpose wooden planes the coopers tool museum. The profile is a 2 34 ogeereverse ogee, a furniture size molding that was very likely a cabinetmakers plane.

First, figure out the molding profile, which will determine the width of the iron. The plans include diagrams, photos, stepbystep instructions, and sometimes even videos to help you along the way. The blade, or iron was likewise formed to the intended moulding profile and. Install vertical lengths of fluted casing to the front edges, between the base trim and the overhanging top. Does that bookcase you found at the flea market look bad.

Set the top of the bookcase onto the supports and the hanging strip. Theres no complex joinery like mortiseandtenon, or even doweling, so if youve hung a new door or trimmed a room with new molding, you have the expertise to. It creates a hidden safe room or turn door into functional storage. Because nothing says fancy like a piece of shoe molding. Drill countersunk pilot holes along the edges of the bookcase top two into each support and one every 8 to 10 inches along the hanging strip.