I’m designing a desk. The right side of the desk will have a cabinet for a desktop computer tower. The sides of the cabinet will be frame and panel construction. There will be aprons running the length of the desk that are joined to the legs in the middle of the desk, but I also need to have an apron at the top of the left cabinet side joined to the middle legs. I want to use mortise and tenon joinery for the aprons, but it seems like cutting mortises on three sides of the top of the leg will not leave much strength.
Is there a better way to join these aprons?
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you should be okay
I would not be concerned about losing strength with 3 tenons/mortises in a leg. Remeber that today's glues result in a joint as strong or stronger than the wood alone.
Of course, your tenons must be a good fit so that the swelling from the water in the glue mates all surfaces. If your tenon slides in without the need for a hammer, and doesn't move when you turn them up, then you will have a good, strong joint.
Forrest
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