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To reduce the chance of warpage, I built the top by 'joining' three narrower boards. Had I chosen to use a single
wider board, the shelf may have warped over time. I gave the corners a nice big radius and also added a 'bead' detail to the top and bottom edges of the shelf.
The monogram on the back and horse heads were cut using a scroll saw. The horse heads were left-over from cutting out silouettes
on the two mounting brackets.
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This picture shows the silouettes on the brackets. The brackets were purchased (pre-cut and without the silouette) from a lumber supply store.
They included key-hole hanging hardware on the back but one thing I noticed was that the edges were not square. To square them,
I made two light passes on my Joiner (after removing the hardware of course). Two screws attach each bracket to the top. The holes
were later filled and sanded smooth.
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The back is also solid pine. The monogram was layed out and cut using a scroll saw. As mentioned before, the two
horse heads from the bracket cutouts were glued to the back. I just couldn't see tossing them.
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Here is a detail view of the scroll work. The pencil marks from the layout were later sanded away.
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