Making Furniture - Bookshelf - Part 3 // Using traditional hand-tools

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Making a small bookshelf 70s inspired design of mine. The middle row will contain the books, with drawers added to the top and bottom.

Part 3 focuses on making the drawers of the unit, as well as final assembly and placing of the unit with books and decorations.

Music: Red Sky by Dan Yan Key

00:00 Introduction
1:17 Wide ripping panels with band saw
03:38 Preparing the shelve stock
05:28 Making the half-lap dovetails
07:16 Test fitting the half-lap dovetail
08:27 Test fitting the bottom slider for a drawer
09:03 Preparing the drawer pull levers
10:06 Glue up of drawers
11:07 Adding the pull levers
12:19 Final unit complete

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