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Well Rounded:

"There was not much hewing of the logs that framed the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. The cabin was of one room, had a door in the side, and a stick-chimney at the left hand as one entered the door. There was an unglazed window, closed by a hinged door, but it is doubtful if that it was there when Abraham was born. There probably was not a single nail in the entire structure. What chinking there was between the logs, we may not now know, but in most cabins of this character there was no lack of ventilation." [Source: William E. Barton, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Books Inc., Boston, 1925, p 2-3]

Library Shelves: Stained, Sealed, Installed 

  Once the shelves and faces were fitted, stained, and sealed, I used a jig to router the notches for the square tubing to pass through. At that point, everything was ready to install. 

  Install took most of a day, but preparation and simplistic design made it pretty smooth. The first upright was the most critical. From that point on I was able to use the shelves to space and level the other three.

 The shelves were secured from below through pre-drilled holes in the 1.5″ square tube supports. The final step was screwing the facing boards to the shelves, I had also predrilled all of the holes for this step. 

  The last step was the hardest, carrying all those boxes of books up 3 flights of stairs to their new home. 

Industrial Library Shelving: Wooden Parts

Library Bookshelves: Uprights

Library Bookshelves: Anchor Cups

Finished Bookshelves