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Exactly. Even hand-held slate shears (AKA slate scissors or slate pliers or slate cutters) use the same principle. If you are making repetitive cuts, you just need to make a jig/ table with a stop, and crack on.

Indeed. As I intimated, designing a room like this will be a delight.

Yep.

You're one sick puppy!! :) No-one in their right mind enjoys that job.

Yes, that's the first time I've ever seen that done. They show up the sag in that centre section of shelving really nicely!! :)

Why do you say that? It produces less waste than any other method.

To be clear, I'm not making this. I'm wearing my architect's hat and designing it (and I haven't even got close to starting it yet). I just know it's on the horizon, and wanted to be informed of the issues before having conversations with the other architects and with the clients. This project...

Dorset's in Spain? :)

Both of those produce a riven edge. I think our OP wants a smooth beveled edge. Edit....re-reading the OP that's what he says he wants, and then goes on to show a riven edge. So yes, a slate guillotine is the answer. It's an easy thing to fabricate if you can't buy one ready-made.

But anything you can do with a CNC you can do with standard tools. You maybe can't do it as quickly or efficiently, but lack of a CNC is hardly going to stop you taking a job on.

Is there such a thing? Genuine question, but can you think of something a joiners shop or a carpenter couldn't do without a specific tool, given that they'll have all the standard tools already?

No, that's not quite so. I have to prevent movement in the bottom ends of the side pieces which would effect the gaps around the doors.

No, it's going to be solid wood in a heavy classic style.....breakfront units with glazed doors, big carved pediments, and so on. I think the clients will probably suggest mahogany. The budget would probably build a small house.

It might do.

That's excellent Jake, thanks.

Cut them as you have been doing, then use a belt sander/ linisher to clean up the edges and apply a bevel.

That bit I can manage. :)

Don't we have a Welsh member.........Chippy-something........who planks his own timber? I don't know what part of Wales he's from, but Brizzle is practically in Wales anyway. The thing with British walnut is that it can be very odd shapes, branching low down and often. What looks like a big...

I think in the battle between oak and pine, there is only one winner. If the oak wants to bend, no puny bit of pine is going to get in its way! :)

I don't know the answer to that, but I have no doubt that we could control that to an extent. If we specify a beautiful library and agree a finish with the clients but tell them they'd need to wait X amount of time before filling the shelves, that would obviously play into the decision.