Today I got started building my Alder wall shelf. Since the weather here is in the high 90's, and since running my larger tools requires me to shut-off the a/c's to prevent circuits tripping, I didn't actually start planing-down the lumber. But I made good progress and all went well. First, I got together my tools and spent time to find the appropriate lumber piece for the shelf sides. I figured-out that even with accounting for planer "snipe", I could conceivably create 4 shelf sides from one 8' X 6.5" stock. In order to make this happen, I need to overlap the design on the lumber. This will allow me to 1. make two sets of shelves, or, 2. make mistakes on the router table and simply begin again. The shelf sides are 5.75" wide. So my first task was to rip the 8' X 6.5" stock down to 5.75". And that task came out just fine. The stock needed ripping anyway as it is only trued-up on one edge. You can see the rough edge in the first pic below. Tomorrow, I will plane this cut stock down to 3/8", creating much sawdust in the process. BTW, the actual shelves are only 1/4" thick and stand proud of the sides by 1/16". I don't remember planing any thinner than 3/8" on the clock build. So it will be a challenge. I noticed in ripping the Alder lumber that it smells different than the walnut. I prefer the walnut. Please enjoy the photos below and stay tuned! Click to enlarge.
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