This small bookcase is a great project for those who want to increase their building and design skills. It can serve different needs while teaching a variety of techniques. A case this size can hold books or magazines, glassware, or art. It also provides an excellent opportunity for careful joinery, shaping, and inlay work. Students will learn several methods for carcase construction that are both solid and decorative. Discover how to make a mortising template to rout through and stopped mortise and tenon joints, as well as hand tool mortising. Students will use wedged tenons to help lock these joints in place. Once the joinery is complete, and before glue-up, students will shape the end boards using a band saw, spokeshave, and rasp. Spokeshave and chisel texturing will also be demonstrated. Before glue-up, Gary will show how to carve and shape through tenon joints using careful chisel work. Details make the difference. After the case is glued up, students will cut and fit a tapered sliding dovetail joint for the shelf using a simple technique with the router, router table, and a thin shim. From there, students will learn inlay techniques that are beautiful, striking, and endlessly variable. Straight-line and curved inlay patterns will be demonstrated, as well as square plugs.