Carl Eyman
07-22-2004, 2:20 PM
My current project is a tall clock (see post http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=10124)
I have the base constructed and am about to start on the waist. The design calls for a molding or shelf to separate the two parts. Because the waist consists of vertical boards and the shelf is made up of horizontal boards we have the classic expansion-contraction problem. I hope my drawing will be clear enough to understand my proposed solution. I propose to fit the waist into the shelf with a tenon on the waist and a mortise (dado) on the shelf without glue. Then to cut a kerf on the inside of the two sides of the waist a fraction of an inch above the bottom and join the shelf to the waist with fasteners similiar to those used to fasten a table top to the apron of a table.
Can anyone suggest a better way? Will this work?
I have the base constructed and am about to start on the waist. The design calls for a molding or shelf to separate the two parts. Because the waist consists of vertical boards and the shelf is made up of horizontal boards we have the classic expansion-contraction problem. I hope my drawing will be clear enough to understand my proposed solution. I propose to fit the waist into the shelf with a tenon on the waist and a mortise (dado) on the shelf without glue. Then to cut a kerf on the inside of the two sides of the waist a fraction of an inch above the bottom and join the shelf to the waist with fasteners similiar to those used to fasten a table top to the apron of a table.
Can anyone suggest a better way? Will this work?