I spent the better part of Friday and Saturday installing the first set of bookcases in my Pastor's study at church. He asked me at the start of summer if I'd build them for him and I agreed after making it very clear that I work very slowly - only weekends and evenings that aren't little league or, now pee-wee football.
Well, he thinks it was worth the wait so I guess I can stop feeling guilty about taking so long.
It stands 9' 6" tall and just over 14" long. Since my shop is in my basement I wasn't able to completely assemble it until now. Fortunatley it went together like I knew what I was doing.
The was part of a large church addition/renovation project that was completed about two weeks ago. This particular room is about 25' by 15' and is located in the original 100+ year-old church sanctuary that was divided up into office space. As you might imagine some of the surfaces are less than plumb and/or level. The wall that this unit is on is part of the new construction so it was very plumb - almost no need to scribe at all. The floor, however, was way off. The high spot is just to the right of center and drops more than 1" to the left and 1/2" to the right.
The slots routed in the baseboard are there because someone thought it would be a good idea to put a cold-air return in the wall where I needed to install a bookcase.
Its cherry and cherry veneered MDF.