I don't know of anyone here that used to visit the Wood forum remembers a poster there named Jim Vice. He had a machine out in Kali and as a side he invented and made small things for woodworkers. I had bought some stuff from him and knew him to be a genuine nice guy. Anyway, he invented this thing called a Dadowiz, it's designed to cut dadoes that exactly match the thickness needed for your shelves. Jim eventually sold the rights to Peachtree, and i think they sold those rights to another firm. Anyway, I have one of these things bought back in the 90s and had forgot I had it. So I'm building a small "bookcase" for Marie to store her growing DC collection, and pulled this thing out to make dados that were 21/64" wide (Yep, milled the stock to an odd dimension). It worked great, though I don't think this device, while clever, ever became very popular. One problem with it was the Clamp N guide you used had to be on perpendicular to the board, and that's a little tough to do. Another problem was the guide itself would get a dust buildup that kept your router from cutting the exact width. The way it worked was you would use a bit smaller than the dado and make 2 passes, out and back. The guide provided the width by using a bushing and an opening that allowed it to move side to side. Then of course, your bushing need to be centered, or hold the router in the same orientation for both cuts. That aside, when you met the criteria it did a nice job.  But now it goes back to a drawer in the router table and I'll probably forget about it again. BTW, that's 2 boards clamped together, ambrosia maple.

Edited June 18, 20251 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

Clever design. Some pretty looking maple.

Lovely wood. Where's the bookcase? With that wood it should be gorgeous.

It's actually not a bookcase, it's a small rack to hold my wife's CD collection. It's will b 36" tall and 18" wide.

I look forward to seeing it.

Well, I wasn't going to post pics of this, but here they are. This isn't much of a project, but I sure do like the wood...lots of character. The pieces I resawed for the shelves have a lot of fiddle back in them, you can almost make some out in the front views. I veneered some walnut for the back, and it has some character as well that doesn't play out well in the pics.

That is absolutely beautiful!

The wood is gorgeous, IMO. Great job, Fred, and thanks for sharing.

Sweet Fred.  Marie should bake you a pie of your choice!  She'll love it.

Nice look Fred but it looks like Ambrosia Maple.

The maple is amazing Fred and you're right, that walnut veneer ain't too shabby either. Glad you shared it with us. Well done.

 

A fresh strawberry/ rhubarb pie should about pay the bill. Toss in some vanilla bean ice cream and call it even.

6 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice look Fred but it looks like Ambrosia Maple.

 It is, at least the shelves and case. All one board except for that very small piece on the top of the case.