I’m building a mission style table for a friend similar to this design:
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Regarding the shelf’s through tenon. Assuming the through tenon is “tight” in the mortise, how do you allow for wood expansion of the shelf? Or do you?
I’m working with very old reclaimed knotty pine interior paneling. The shelf will be approximately 7” wide and just shy of 3/4” thick. I’m thinking around a 1/2” tenon.
Appreciate any insight from those of you who have experience with this sort of joinery.