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I bought a new Greek New Testament that is the same size as a dictionary I already had. I want to be able to carry both in a canvas bag, but without ...
This is the piece of black walnut I used. Someone was discarding it. It is 9/16 inch thick, about 6 inches wide, and about 18 inches long, more or ...
This is an exploded drawing of all of the parts as they fit together in relation to one another. They will be glued together without any nails.
The first step was to take physical dimensions of the two books I want to keep in this slipcase. I do not want the books to fit either too loosely, ...
A bandsaw blade leaves quite a rough cut. I needed to true and smooth the edges and the surfaces of the strips for the sides of the slipcase. The sa...
I also needed to true the edges as if run through a planer, but I do not have a planer. I used this setup with my sanding drum. Again, feed the wor...
Here are the strips surfaced and with straight edges added.
Here the strips have been glued and clamped to make one larger piece from which the two sides will be cut. Clamp well until the glue is dry.
I used a sharp chisel as a scraper to remove excess glue and to smooth any edges that were high.
More sanding will be needed later, but I used a belt sander to remove any hills and valleys in the surface of the side pieces. Use a fairly light gr...
Look carefully at the grain figure and choose where you will cut to make two sides. I did some planning when I was laying up the strips for gluing a...
I cut both side pieces for square and to length at the same time. One is on top of the other in the exact orientation planned for their use in the s...
I cut one piece similar to this one for the back, although it was only as long as the sides are high. (See the parts diagram in step 2.) I also cut ...
Here I have glued up the shorter pieces so the grain can run in the same direction as that on the side pieces. A top and a bottom will be cut from th...
Lay up the pieces you have so far. Measure for closer fitting and cutting. The top and bottom can be trimmed to length. Then some rabbets will be m...
It is easy to become confused when setting up rabbets with a router table and set the height as if it were the width, etc. Use a piece of scrap wood ...
When finished routing rabbets, you will have three pieces that look like this. Be careful when routing. Part of a finished edge can chip away very e...
Do a dry fit to make sure everything will work when glued.
Here you see the slipcase glued and clamped. Do what you can to check that the assembly is square. Scrape off excess glue as soon as is practical. ...
Here are my two books in my new slipcase of black walnut. The books are protected and the slipcase should last for many years, even carrying it with ...
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