After many hours cutting, shaping, sanding, and fitting forty vertical supports from walnut, the shelf/ box frame gets glued. A total of sixty small surfaces are being glued at once. Speed and accuracy are critical.

No turning back now! With all mating surfaces covered in a thin coat of glue, I have to work fast before everything sets up permanently.

With all edges snug and correct, all that remains are the box bottoms as well as cutting the notches to accept them.

Portions of the piece that call for wide boards require careful glue-ups of thinner boards.