Stots Designs

A few better photos of the walnut bookcase.
The shelves were set into the sides with dados and the sides sit in shallow rabbets on the top and bottom.
A solid walnut base keeps the bottom shelf up off of the ground.
Finished with Tung Oil Finish left the natural feel of the wood while providing some protection. Hopefully she won't be throwing her books into it from across the room...

With the help of a friend with a drum sander I got the two desktops completely flat and sanded up to 120 grit. I'll hand sand the rest of the way up for final sanding.
Also decided to go with a completely solid walnut drawer box instead of edge banding plywood. I'm glad I did because it looks great. (The drawer face is part of the stretcher to allow continuous grain pattern and will be attached later.)

Going to sharpen the chisels and hand planes using a system demonstrated in a YouTube video recently. A little over $50 for the Scary Sharp kit and it arrived in just a few days. We'll see how it goes!