I'll be building two identical desks for our home office. Current design shown below:
Desk Front View.png
Desk Rear View.png
[eta:] overall dimensions are 30 deep, 62 wide, 29 high.
Material is cherry and 1/4" cherry plywood for the panels. Stiles and upper rails are 3/4 by 2 1/4, lower rails arch from 3 1/4 to 2 1/4. The legs are 1 5/8 square.
For transporting from my shop upstairs to the office, I'd like the center panel section between the two pedestals to be removable (the top will also be removable, I'll be posting another question about that...). That way I can move the desks to the office in pieces.
Would the 500 series domino connectors be a reasonable way to do this? I would use one in the end of each rail, so four total. It seems to me that once the desk is in place and the top secured to the two pedestals, there would be very little force or stress on those connections, even if someone were to lift the desk by the top to move it once assembled. If I were to go this route, the two panels that abut the legs would be set into grooves in the legs (like everywhere else) but just would not be glued on that edge.
Thoughts? Better way to do this?