Mega bookcase (more pics, completed)

[Crazyraceguy]

Over the years, I have been involved in several public libraries and built some really big items for them.
This will end up being the biggest bookcase, as a single unit, though.
The base itself is pretty darn big, but part of the top section is taller than the main unit. I ran out of time today, because of the holiday weekend, or it would have been assembled further.
The face frame turns out to be the challenge. If it was just wood, that could be glued and pinned in place, it would be fairly simple. The challenge comes from the pieces being laminate, the same color as the main body. This will have to be 100% fitted in the shop, then removed because of the many pieces involved.
Dominos and Lamello Zeta fasteners will make it a huge puzzle to reassemble, but there will be no visible fasteners. This whole thing fits under a stairway in a large building.
There are adjustable shelves in the lower sections and a solid back for a TV. The larger openings in the upper sections get another shelf too. It's not adjustable, just removable.
There is no ladder for this unit, so I assume the upper section is pretty much a display only type thing.
This popped up while I was in the middle of another project, so it shows in some of the pics.

 

[Packard]

How deep is the book case?  Most books are 10” or less in depth. These look quite deep.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

[member=74278]Packard[/member] You're right, it is very deep, just under 24". However, it is not in a library or even bookstore.
It's as much display as anything else. Though I didn't say it originally, it fits under a stairway. I think "filling the space" is as much the goal as anything else.
As I understand it, the building is a shared collection of either workspaces or classrooms, for multiple disciplines.

 

[smorgasbord]

How deep is the book case?  Most books are 10” or less in depth. These look quite deep.

I think the word "bookcase" is going to become more like a "xerox," where people using it have no idea from where it originally came.

Like, who today knows what "LP" means? Or what this dohickie is:
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[rst]

Gotta have one to play those 45s, when you're no playing 78 or 33!

 

[Packard]

And don’t forget to put a penny on the tone arm to improve the tracking. [big grin]

In the late 1950s the father of a friend of mine invented the Grado tone arm.  At one point, the Grado tone arm was acknowledged as among the top tier in tone arms.

Note:  I just googled Grado Labs, and it appears that my friend, Pat Grado, did not go into the family business.  It appears that his cousin did and took over the business at one point.  They are still in business, but producing. Headphones from what I see online.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Yeah [member=77266]smorgasbord[/member]  I know what you mean. My first mental image of the word is what would generally be called a "Barrister Bookcase".
I guess I kind of use it to mean a built-in set of shelves, rather than a free-standing piece of furniture, whether it exclusively holds books or not.
I have built so many over the years, in so many configurations, I couldn't begin to recall them all.

Xerox was the originator of the copy machine. The brand name became the generic term, similar to Kleenex, or even Lego. (the company rigorously defends that they make "bricks" not Legos")
I assume that is so they don't suffer that fate at their own hand?

LP is simple. Long Playing record (33 1/3rpm, generally multiple tracks)
The dohickie fits it the hole of a 45, to make it center on a player with the spindle size for LPs
You have to be some kind of old, to know what any of the is.... [eek]
I never had any 78s though  [big grin]

 

[Crazyraceguy]

all typing at once  [unsure]

 

[smorgasbord]

The 45 rpm adapter was featured in the movie "Spector," starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren. There's a scene pretty early on where Mirren shows the adapter to one of the young lawyers and asks him what it is, he has no idea.

For a while I kept a copy of that movie downloaded on my phone, and would show that scene to young people for giggles.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

It took most of the day to get the face frame cut, Dominoed and assembled, but we got it up on the base, before the end of the day. It wasn't that bad, with a fork lift to get the pieces up there and a scissor lift to reach high enough to screw it together. A few more sticks of face frame tomorrow and then back apart to ship.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Final pics, at least until the install.