Hi All
I am newer to wood working and have a question about Miller dowls and there use in a project that I am doing. I am building a pioneer type box 24 long by 18 wide and 18 deep with Hand dovetailed corners. It is made of poplar and I am going to stain it calssic cheery and use a boiled linseed oil / wax finish. I have a recessed top that is 3/4 inchs thick. I sits in a recess make by a upper banding of 3/4″ around the upper case. The top has 3/8 of it’s thickness above the banding and sits on the inner case top. The top is 3 – 8″ boards shiplapped with grain running the 18″ way from front to back. My question is should I use miller dowls to attach the shiplaped boards to the cast top?? I do not want any metal in the box, every piece I have made so far has been wood jointed, Hidden dove tails, mortic and tennion, etc. Only used excurshin pins to hold on key covers and screws for lock mech’s.
If you need I can probably make a bmp or somthing of my autocad drawing to help you out. I have included a dxf file for anyone who can read them. My version of ACAD does not have a bmp out

Many thanks
Bob Oehler