Oak Shelves
Jon Pritchard · Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019 · 1 minute read

A set of simple bookshelves in oak. These were made to match a previous set of shelves I made the previous year.

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Unfortunately, while I had more boards of oak from the same stack I used last time, in that time the thick board for the sides had cupped quite badly. If I reflattened the boards they would have been noticably thinner than the other set of shelves.

shelfIII Instead of re-flattening the boards and to solve the issue, like a maniac, I did spiled, tapered, sliding dovetails.

shelfIII A view of how the shelves looks.

About Me

Since 2008 I’ve been working on various handmade speaker designs, from monstrous surround sound setups, to mixing monitors, to battery powered portables and as many in between as I could think of.

With a Masters Degree in Product Design Engineering from the Glasgow School of Art and The University of Glasgow, I had a good foundation in design and engineering. Along the way I built up my woodworking skills, moving back home to Dorset and learning traditional woodworking skills at The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis.

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My aim is to bring the pasts high quality hand joinery to present day items. The art is not lost quite yet and I believe there is still a place for hand made objects made to be used and made to last. Now more than ever with sustainability becoming more important.

Where to find me

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