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Magazine Rack (3)

Assembly and Finishing

All the parts are now ready for assembly.

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Now that all the parts are ready, it’s time to glue and clamp everything together.

After a couple of hours drying time, the rack gets a final sanding.

A quarter is used to indicate the corners at the top of the two side panels. They are sanded off on a edge sander.

After working on it for some time, I decided not to attach the pencil holder.

The final step is the finishing. First remove the dust with some pressurized air.

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The rack is flooded with some tung oil which is allowed to penetrate the wood. After a few minutes the excess is removed with a paper towel.

The next day the rack is sanded again with 400 or 500 grit sandpaper.

Two or three layers of shellac are applied to the surface, each with a sanding in between.

After the final layer of shellac it gets a light sanding with 0000 steel wool. Followed with a good coat of furniture wax.

Ready for some magazines, a journal, writing paper or even your IPad. The magazine rack will be directly attached to the wall with a few screws thru the back.

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