Erik Holmes
02-28-2013, 6:05 PM
Hello all,
I am a fairly new woodworker with much still to learn, and this is my first time posting to these forums, which have been very helpful to me. I am working on a nightstand with a simple mortise and tenon frame. When I glued it up (haven't put the tabletop on yet), it wobbles back and forth between two legs on opposite corners. The legs are all the same length, so I guess something is out of square somewhere in my joinery.
My question is, how do I fix the wobble? I read one article that suggested putting the nightstand on my benchtop to where three legs are even and not wobbling and allow the fourth one to hang off the edge, then mark where the benchtop hits and sand flush to that mark. Is that the best way to go? It make sense, but I'm interested in how others have solved this problem.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Erik
I am a fairly new woodworker with much still to learn, and this is my first time posting to these forums, which have been very helpful to me. I am working on a nightstand with a simple mortise and tenon frame. When I glued it up (haven't put the tabletop on yet), it wobbles back and forth between two legs on opposite corners. The legs are all the same length, so I guess something is out of square somewhere in my joinery.
My question is, how do I fix the wobble? I read one article that suggested putting the nightstand on my benchtop to where three legs are even and not wobbling and allow the fourth one to hang off the edge, then mark where the benchtop hits and sand flush to that mark. Is that the best way to go? It make sense, but I'm interested in how others have solved this problem.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Erik