Hi,
I'm following Jeff Miller's 'A Benchtop Bench' plans (FWW #176), and I just wanted to run this by some woodworkers more knowledgable than me to make sure I am not forgetting something (the article does not really give details on this)!
I need to connect the inner bench face to the rest of the tabletop.
The tabletop is roughly 30" wide and 16" deep, made of 1 3/4" thick Ash (pic).
The inner face I made from laminating three pieces of Ash after turning them 90 degrees. It is 2" thick and 4" wide (pic).
To attach the inner bench face, I have #8 wood-screws, 3" in length.
I was thinking:
- putting the screws halfway through the top-lamination strip, about 5/8" down from the top
- drilling counterbores about halfway through the face, such that 2" (so 2/3) of the wood-screws bite into the actual tabletop
- straight line across, a screw in every 1 1/2" - so over 30", this would be about 15 screws (should I go every 1" here?)
So overall, does this seem like a good way to attach the inner bench face to the tabletop?
It seems like a critical step so I just want to make sure and not do anything boneheaded!
Thanks!