Since I still need to wait until Friday's Alder wood delivery before I can really begin, I decided to go ahead and repair the 2nd side of the original shelf so that I can use it as a backup template. It had numerous cracks and fractures. I will also be tracing the design onto yet another blank stock, as well as the Alder stock, as a final fall-back plan. I found my 2-sided tape today so that's ready as well. I purchased a pack of assorted size and width Alder wood. It's cheaper that way. I am hopeful that at least two of the pieces will be 6" or wider as that's the width I need for the intricate side pieces and two of the three shelves. If so, than my first step will be to plan the stock down to, I believe, 3/8" for the sides and, I think, 1/4" for the shelves. If I run-out of sufficiently wide pieces of stock, I will likely join the shelves using a lap joint. Here are a few pics from today. Boring stuff, but wait a few days!
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