In reading the article by Zuerner in the current FWW, I’m puzzled about one aspect of the joinery.
The top is attached by buttons, to allow for seasonal movement. Correct procedure, IMO. But the bottom shelf is nearly as wide, and it is screwed in the back and again in the front. This seems disjoint to me.
Wouldn’t it have been better to screw it to the back and then use buttons in the front, to allow for movement here? This would prevent the back edge of the shelf from moving (creating a gap), which could create some visual problems.
What am I missing?
John
Edited 1/2/2003 7:31:06 PM ET by johnhardy
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IIRC, the bottom shelf was screwed in with the screw hole filed larger to allow seasonal expansion.
HTH
Eric
I must have missed that part of the article. But as I remember the dimensions, the screws were through the thin dimension of the front rail and the piece in the back, and it would seem to me that this weakened those pieces unnecessarily.
I'd have used the buttons on the bottom, same as the top. I really don't understand different techniques for two essentially identical operations.
John
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