I've got this shadow box mostly dry-fit (a few shelves need adjustments; pieces still need sanding), and I'm wondering how best to glue this.
One option is to glue up the outer frame and the 2 vertical dividers first, then glue in each shelf individually. This is obviously the easiest from a glue open-time and clamping perspective, but I don't know how well that would work in terms of getting a good glue fit on the ends of each of those shelves.
Another option is to possibly glue up the left set of shelves first (i.e. left outer frame, left vertical divider, all shelves in-between), and likewise for the right side. After they are dry I can then glue up the middle set of shelves. Last would be gluing on the top and bottom frame pieces. The only issue there might be making sure the shelves are 90 degrees to the vertical pieces, but that should be doable.
Any other suggestions?
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