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Presenter says community book-exchange took about three months to build using donated lumber
Summary
A presenter described constructing a community book-exchange over roughly three months using lumber milled and donated by a former custodian, and said the unit features a rotating book system and a plaque bearing a charter number.
A presenter described a community-built book-exchange structure that volunteers assembled over roughly three months, using donated lumber from a former school custodian.
"It took us about three months to build this," the presenter said, describing how the group combined hand drawings, Google Docs and slides to finalize the design. The presenter said they used a table and shared workspace to cut, shape, drill and prepare the pieces before sanding and painting.
The presenter credited "Mr. Wolf, our former custodian" with supplying lumber from his sawmill and said the donated wood reduced material costs: "instead of purchasing wood, he could cut wood and to size whatever we needed and bring it to us," the presenter said. Volunteers then trimmed and finished the pieces to the project's specifications.
On how the unit is intended to function, the presenter said it is "basically just a book rotating system" and urged that anyone who takes a book should "leave a book" when possible to keep the collection replenished. The presenter also noted the installation includes a plaque with a charter number: "it actually has a charter number. So each number is 1 98451," they said.
The presenter provided these details during a public presentation; no formal action, funding request or vote was recorded in the transcript. The presenter did not give a specific location for the installation or identify any sponsoring program by name.
