Build Your Hand Skills (and a Bookcase)! Using only hand tools, build a simple pine bookcase that will hold any size book. Designed for strength, this smart bookcase is a great way to get into handwork and it can be constructed in just a couple of days!
About forged nails and how to pick the right type of nail for your project
How to cut stopped grooves with a mortising plane
The steps to create a tongue-and-groove back
How to use a beading plane
To mix and use milk paint
PLUS! Bonus content including Preparing Rough Stock video and Boarded Bookshelf excerpt from the Anarchist’s Design Book
If you've been looking for a useful project to build your hand tool skills, look no further!
About the Host:
Christopher Schwarz is a former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, where he worked between 1996 and 2011. He is currently the publisher of Lost Art Press in Covington, KY. He has produced numerous DVDs for Popular Woodworking and for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on traditional skills. He is also the author the “The Anarchist's Design Book” (Lost Art Press) among several others.