Happy New Year everyone,
I am building a cherry desk with an Asian feel using three-way miters for the top of the frames. The desk will be a corner desk, each side being 6 feet long by 2 feet deep. Each side will have a base of four drawers at its end.
I am concerned with the strength of the three-way miters for a desk this size. The frame will be made of 1 1/2 ” square cherry that will hold side and back panels.
Richard Gotz, in a Finewoodworking Magazine exjplained his approuch to these miters but specified that they where for light duty furniture.
This will be a pretty heavy desk so I am looking for a way to make these miters strong enough.
Any sugestions would be helpful.
thx
Buck and the Girls
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Don't use three way miters for a desk that large. That's the best advice. Any racking strain on the joint and it's likely to pull apart.
Perhaps if you made the desk with separate boxes for the drawers each made of three way miters, it could work. Then build a framed top with the Chinese through mortised miters to set on top of these boxes. This would give you that feel but without the risk of making something that large. Inevitably in moving a large desk about, trouble will be encountered.
Gary Rogowski
http://www.northwestwoodworking.com
Thank you Gary,I guess I was thinking the same thing, that the racking will pull the joint apart. Back to the drawing board.Don (Buck and the Girls)
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