The Bookstand: Building the Ratcheting Bookstand

By Ron Aylor

The Bookstand. Join Ron Aylor as he walks the reader through the building of the ratcheting bookstand in his unplugged workshop.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ron Aylor
• Release date: Sep 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005190620

Ron Aylor

Ron Aylor, a resident of Lilburn, Georgia, is an unplugged woodworker. Without electricity and using traditional edged tools, he specializes in 17th-century mannerist carving and Colonial American furniture. The bulk of his work is of 17th-century style joined stools, carved boxes, tables, and bookstands. This work follows techniques and methods from the period. Ash, cherry, pine, poplar, maple, and walnut are his timber of choice.

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Gather Some Scraps

Crest Rail and Stiles

The Ratchet

The Rest

All Together Now!

Bibliography

Copyright

Acknowledgments

About Author

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Gather Some Scraps

As Peter Follansbee so astutely points out in his book, Joiner's Work, we woodworkers tend to accumulate a great deal of scrap lumber. Taking up valuable real estate in our shops are little odds and ends that we cannot use for anything yet cannot seem to discard. When I make boxes, I usually end up with cutoffs ranging from 3/4-inch by 3/4-inch by however long to 3/4-inch by 3-inches by whatever. And