So, day three was actually yesterday. Whoops! (Hm... Is there a theme here? Is now a good time to confess that day one was actually a day late as well?) Anyway... "today" was productive as well! With the frame of the cabinet complete the day before all I had left was the shelves. Since they were all the same size, I was able to quickly rip and crosscut all three pieces of 1/4" plywood. There was only one shelf that had to be trimmed down from the original 25 15/16" to 25 14/16".
With the shelves cut and a thousand splinters, I proceeded to measure to the center of each shelf (12 21/32") and then measure in 1 1/4" from the front edge to find the center of the finger holes (I had tested placing the hole 1", 1 1/4", and 1 1/2" from the front edge and found 1 1/4" was the best). With the holes marked, I was able to use the drill press to create a 1 1/4" hole in all 18 shelves. Finally, to prevent more splinters when I use the cabinet next semester, I sanded ever edge of every shelf before slipping each into its new home. Thus ended my adventures for this project. Of course, now I need to think about how to organize the gels to put in the cabinet, how to label the shelves, if and how to arrange file holders on the side(s), and where to sign my name on cabinet.
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| 1 of 18 shelves... I should have done less... |
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| But she looks so nice with 18 shelves... |
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| Fine, 18 shelves was a good choice. |
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| And there it is! Done! |
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