Hi all,
Well I just was finishing a project which was a craftsman style bed. I had glued up and clamped the rails to the posts and left. All mortise and tenon construction. The tenons were pretty well made if I may say so. I fit them where they took a little persuation to fit and had to gently use a mallet to get them apart.
I returned about 2 hours later and looks like one of the kids or the dog or something knocked the bottom rail clamps loose so there was a gap of about 1/8″. The glue had not set there. I popped it with a mallet and it bounced and open the upper rails a little. I squeezed more glue in and reclamped.
The weather is fine about 70 degrees 40% humidity.
I’m thinking my best approach may have been to pull the entire piece apart but since the glue( Titebond 2 )was still wet I may have got lucky. I’m now considering putting some pegs in to reinforce the possible poor gluing but am looking for suggestions before I proceed.
Thanks,
N
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notrix,
been there done that as the saying goes. Might be a good idea to afterfit a few pegs. Luckily such joinery fits well with the craftsman style. This gives you an excuse to splurge on a bit of ebony, blackwood ar maybe boxwood (depending on your final finish choice)for the pegs. It's gonna be a bit difficult drilling accurate holes and fitting the pegs on the big glueup but with care, careful padding of parts and a big sawhorse arrangement you can manage. Maybe an extra hand in the shop moving the big glueup around would be prudent as well.
sawick
Notrix,
I wouldn't even think twice about pegging the joints. Thats kind of an automatic step on headboards and footboards considering how much use and strain they get. Sounds like your ok from your discription.
My kids are older now and I can't tell you how many times they have heard the rules with a roll of duct tape in a fist, just to make sure they remember!
Enjoy, Roy
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