Got into the shop this morning and set straight to work. I wrote myself a list of things to get done in order for the bookcase to begin with and then just started cutting parts. First the cut the top, then the ends. Rout dadoes into the bottoms of the ends for the bottom.
A video on how I "sneak up" on dadoes with an undersized bit is here.
Drill the pocket screw holes into the tops of the ends. Next measure and cut the bottom. After cutting the bottom I clamped it all together to check for size and square using some home made cabinet corner blocks.
Rout the dadoes into the top and bottom for the center dividers, then measure and cut the center dividers. Finally drill 360 holes into the center dividers and ends for shelf pins. This is when I found out that it was time to stop for the evening 360 holes earlier...
After I had finished drilling out the second center divider, I set it onto the "done" stack and noted that it was longer than the one I had drilled previously. After an expletive, I grabbed a tape measure and started measuring. Finding that I had not cut the second piece too long (what I was hoping for, simply fixed by cutting it shorter) but I had cut the first divider too short. 1" too short.
This "short"coming means that I'll have to cut another piece tomorrow morning and drill out holes for shelf pins before moving on. This eats up around fifteen minutes of work time that I had hoped to spend doing other things.
Despite the mistake, I'm fairly close to having the case completely cut out. Trim, shelves and finishing to go after that.
I'm just glad to have retained all of my fingers. Time for some Athletic Director work, then bed time.

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