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   thomas_witt | Sep 10, 2001 09:59pm | #1

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   Hi, Certainly your question about whether your way is correct or not is beside the point. There is no "correct" way. If you are happy doing it the way you do then it is correct for you. Wood joinery has taken many forms over the millenia and will continue to. To me it's more about making some thing that will last, certainly, and be aesthetically pleasing and useful. Those are the goals. How to get there is an endless debate that in only solved by each individual woodworker.

   Regards, Tom

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   David_A._Brown | Sep 13, 2001 05:44am | #2

   *As a furniture design instructor, I occasionally assign "no hardware" projects, and include in the description that nails and screws are hardware. I almost always get functional nice looking projects from the students.I also will occasionally require a "no glue" project, which includes the allowance to use mechanical fasteners such as nails and screws. I almost always get functional and nice looking projects from the students.But the methods of contruction lead to different solutions. Details that could be handled with glue may not also be well handled with screws or nails. Sometimes a nail or screw will solve a problem glue just can't handle.My point? If you can make fine, functional and/or attractive furniture with no nails or glue then you should. But I encourage my students to consider all possible solutions to a problem, and not constrain their imaginations with the limits of joint technology. They come up with a design, then explore which methods of joinery will allow them to create their design. The range of solutions is unbelievable, and at least double that of those arrived at with contruction contraints such as "no nails or screws".Dave

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   Dave_in_Cairns | Sep 18, 2001 09:59am | #3

   *I use screws for securing tops and drawer runners and that's about it. Tops are secured with buttons/cleats to allow for timber movement where a carcase is used and drawer runners are screwed to allow for replacement at a (much) later date. Sometimes , mechanical parts , like the gas lift , rock and tilt unit fitted to this chair will require coach screws.View Image

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   Scott_Frankland | Sep 19, 2001 11:03pm | #4

   *DaveJust wondering were you got your gas lift from.Thanks,Scott

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   Dave_in_Cairns | Sep 19, 2001 11:25pm | #5

   *Scott, I bought the gas lift through a local office supplier . The brand escapes me at the moment, but it was made in Canada. Cheaper Taiwanese units can be had but why bother?