Summary: After sanding the front of a bookcase, remember to sand the top. Learn how to sand a bookcase from a woodworker in this free home carpentry video.
Michael is a musician, artist, and woodworker in Austin, TX. He has been designing and building furniture for 25 years. He received his training in restoration at the nationally...read more
"Now we have all of our plugs installed and I've taken my belt sander and sanded them all down nice and flat and flush with the side and now I'm going to sand the very top edge here, where the top meets this edge. This time I don't have to fill it because I have such a nice flush edge here I can just go ahead and sand it. Fun, fun, fun. Now we have a nice flat top here and we're ready to flip it back up on the bench and round over these edges with our router."
eHow Article: Sanding the Top of a Bookcase