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Classic BookendsBuilding the compact disccabinet ga,ae me the chance toget acquainted with Enairon. Iliked the result so much that Iimmediately b egan thinkingabout another project usingthis material. It didn't take longbefore I lsalizgd how perfectly thefaux granite appearance would befor a pair ofbookends. So I decidedto draw up a simple design that Icould complete in a day or two.The design I settled on calls forgluing four pieces of Environ into alaminated block (see the BookendConstruction View). This stack providesthe weight that a good pair ofbookends must have to be effectivefor supporting the world's great literafure.Or, in my case, a collection48 $?'orkbench tlune 1997of home improvement guides andthe Far Side cartoon series.Screwing a registration block tothe bottom edge of the top piecemakes it easy to align the otherthree pieces (Figure 1). For a goodbond, I brushed polyurethane glueonto the mating faces, thenclamped the stack between a pair ofUse a compass todraw a half-circlearc on your book€ndlamination.plywood cauls. I wasn't worriedabout clamping dents, becauseEnviron's a hard material, but thecauls helped spread the clampingpressure more evenly. I did myglueup one evening so I couldwork on the bookends the next day.Starting out the following morning,I removed the registrationblock and used a compassto lay out a semicircle(Figure 1). Then I bandsawedthe block to shape.Don't toss the corner cut-Scnap wood screwed to the hp plece in the lamination helps align the stack during theglueup, and supporb the compass whlle pu draw the arc,f(-117/stt --------------->1T57/s"l