Justin Freund
12-12-2011, 7:41 PM
So I'm in the process of building my father a pool cue rack similar to the much pricier Brunswick one below. Mine will hole likely 10 cues and have the door recessed though. He likes rustic designs so I've glued up some hickory and some tiger maple for a little bit of extra flair. Most of my work is either painted or upholstered and uses sheet goods so I don't worry so much about wood movement, but this one has me wondering. The sides are hickory with a tiger maple stripe in the middle and the top and bottom are hickory with tiger maple breadboard ends. The sides will sit in dadoes in the top and bottom between the breadboards.
I'm thinking the expansion of the sides might be too much to be contained in between the breadboards on the top and bottom. On the top I can extend the dadoes a little bit as you won't see it but doing so on the bottom would make the dadoes visible unless I added trim that I hadn't planned on doing (but could I guess if needed). The sides are 14 1/2 inches total with the hickory pieces being 6 inches each and the tiger maple 2 1/2".
Should I modify my design or not worry about it?
The inspiration
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/iminaquagmire/Forums/8773_large.jpg
Showing the dadoes on the top and the breadboard ends (not glued totally across and will have some brass pins in the ends)
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/iminaquagmire/Forums/DSC01221.jpg
Thanks for any help!
I'm thinking the expansion of the sides might be too much to be contained in between the breadboards on the top and bottom. On the top I can extend the dadoes a little bit as you won't see it but doing so on the bottom would make the dadoes visible unless I added trim that I hadn't planned on doing (but could I guess if needed). The sides are 14 1/2 inches total with the hickory pieces being 6 inches each and the tiger maple 2 1/2".
Should I modify my design or not worry about it?
The inspiration
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/iminaquagmire/Forums/8773_large.jpg
Showing the dadoes on the top and the breadboard ends (not glued totally across and will have some brass pins in the ends)
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/iminaquagmire/Forums/DSC01221.jpg
Thanks for any help!