Hi everyone,
Happy 2015! Well, I'm working on a Jarrah Side table project at the moment, and have a bit of a question regarding the table top i wanted to throw out to the crew.
My table top is from 19mm thick Jarrah, and for both aesthetic and functional purposes ( i need to increase the length of the table and already have a panel made that is 82cm long. It needs to be 99cm for the space i want to put it ). So i figures putting some 8.5cm wide breadboard ends on would be nice.
My query is, what would be the best way to do this given the thickness of the table top which is 19mm. My first thought was sliding dovetail, but my 1/2" dovetail router bit really doesn't leave much room on the edges of the stock, and is prone to tearing out the edges on the test pieces I've tried, so i'm loathed to put my workpiece though that process. I'm also thinking that as mortise & Tenon joint might make it too thin and be prone to snapping and be a real weak point?
My next though was to use dowels, and just make the slots in the table top a bit elongated to allow for movement. Is that an acceptable solution? Especially if the dowels run quite deep into the breadboard end, and fairly deep into the table top?
Keen to hear how others might tackle this?
Cheers
Seb
Happy 2015! Well, I'm working on a Jarrah Side table project at the moment, and have a bit of a question regarding the table top i wanted to throw out to the crew.
My table top is from 19mm thick Jarrah, and for both aesthetic and functional purposes ( i need to increase the length of the table and already have a panel made that is 82cm long. It needs to be 99cm for the space i want to put it ). So i figures putting some 8.5cm wide breadboard ends on would be nice.
My query is, what would be the best way to do this given the thickness of the table top which is 19mm. My first thought was sliding dovetail, but my 1/2" dovetail router bit really doesn't leave much room on the edges of the stock, and is prone to tearing out the edges on the test pieces I've tried, so i'm loathed to put my workpiece though that process. I'm also thinking that as mortise & Tenon joint might make it too thin and be prone to snapping and be a real weak point?
My next though was to use dowels, and just make the slots in the table top a bit elongated to allow for movement. Is that an acceptable solution? Especially if the dowels run quite deep into the breadboard end, and fairly deep into the table top?
Keen to hear how others might tackle this?
Cheers
Seb
0 commentaires:
Enregistrer un commentaire