Phase II in which Doris gets her oats...

Since I routed the grooves in the side panels to be the exact same thickness of the shelves, each shelf had to be shaved down a bit on the ends to fit into the slot snugly. This was by design whereas I did not want there to be any play in the joint. I achieved this using my belt sander with a 100 grit belt.



I did make one slight error in the routing. I measured about 10 times times to make certain I was doing the right thing, and my measurements were correct, but I inadvertently wrote down a number incorrectly, resulting in one of the slots being too wide. Rather than tossing the piece and throwing off the build schedule, I decided that it was a recoverable error. I made the slot on the other side match the one that was too big. This section will be covered up by trim on the front of the finished piece, and as it turns out it will be at a height which will make it virtually invisible. You would have to really be looking for flaws to notice. So, this being the case, one of the shelves did not need to be shaved on the ends.




Here is a view of one of the shelves in one of the slots. It fits real tight, which is perfect. These shelves will be glued into place with Gorilla Glue. The top and bottom 2x12s will be glued and screwed into place.



Here you can see how shitty the Home Depot wood is. This is not a huge deal because I can flatten out the top pieces with the belt sander, and additionally, this part will be covered by trim, which I will cover later.



Here is what the unit looks like partially assembled. The wood clamps are in place to hold the one shelf that is in the oversized slot.

Ok, enough for now, piss off!