Trimming the larger shelf pieces to length.

The first round of trimming is complete on the shorter pieces, now it's time to start on the longer shelf pieces...

An overall view of the setup for trimming the longer shelf pieces...

 

First, one end is trimmed flat....

The freshly trimmed end is then placed against the fence...

And the piece is trimmed to final length.

The bits of MDF clamped to the fence are to avoid having the stick drag along the fence when it is getting cut to length - a safety measure.

One thing to keep in mind when trimming a piece of wood to length is to opportunity to eliminate cracks, warping, or other flaws.

This cut off section was broken with very little force, due to a crack.

First Round of trimming completed!

 Now we are ready to select a number of pieces, and cut tenons into the ends.