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The top moulding is made the same way as the base moulding. I ripped all the parts to finished width first, so every piece was already the right size before any mitres were cut. Then I cut a mitre on one end of two pieces, so they would meet to form a corner.
I took those two pieces to the top of the bookshelf, fitted the mitres together without glue and clamped...
It has been a while since I wrote about the bookshelf build, so I’m picking it up from where I left off.
In the last part, the bookshelf had been brought together, glued and clamped, and everything was square. I now need to add two final elements: a base moulding and a top moulding. The base moulding will help stabilise the bookshelf, while the top moulding will add...
Disclosure: This article was paid for by Huuman Life GmbH.
My boy asked for a bookshelf he could one day hand down to his own kids. Building for family is as good a reason as any to keep working wood by hand.
Anyone who works all by hand knows how much of the job the body carries. Ripping, planing, chopping and carving take strength, yet m...