I spent several hours on my shelf project today. Using the pattern template with the Alder is still a challenge. I had a tear-out in the exact same place as side #1, so decided I would alter the design to accommodate. You can see the breaks and part of the design change in the slideshow below. I'm finding the Alder wood to be somewhat brittle which may be due to it being kiln dried, but I doubt it. Both of the shelf sides are routed-out so the next step is fixing the tear-outs, clean-up and sanding. Then, on to the three shelves. I tested putting boiled linseed oil on a scrap piece of Alder and it looked just like the bed set I am trying to match. So like the clock, I will be using boiled linseed oil and wax - although the wax will not be a dark wax as used on the clock. Since we are having visitors for the next few days, I won't be getting back to the shelf until the weekend.
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