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I cut out the horse shelf last night/this morning. Despite the horrendous color, that’s really cherry.  And I haven’t blown out the dust so the holes are kind fuzzy.  This one took about twice as long to cut out as the Deer Shelf.  Part of increase was due to complexity–there’s just more holes in the horse shelf. The other is cherry–it’s a little slower cutting than the sassafras.  Oh, and a #3 blade cuts much, much quicker than a #5.

I was going to cut the shelf boards out, but instead spent most of the day cleaning/re-organizing and just didn’t get around to it.  Oh, and I also spent a good bit of time taking bookmark pictures and adding them to the catalog and to the Tuliptree site.

If you look at the pictures you’ll notice a couple of things.  One, I forgot the slot for the cleat–oops, got to go back and cut it. The other is the slots in the bottom of the middle piece and top of the bottom piece. These additional cross pieces should strengthen the shelves quit a bit, since we no longer have to depend on butt-joints.

Horse Shelf Side