Need some opinions. glue or no glue. I’m putting together a bassinet for a grandchild due May 1. I’m at the point where I’m ready to start putting it together. it’s going to be a complicated glue up, lots of mortise and tenon joints that all need to go together at the same time, and I’m one man band. I’m afraid the time it’s going to take glue will have already started to set in some in the first joints. I thought about doweling the tenons into the mortise, no glue, well just a dab in the dowel hole but that’s it. The only dowels are going to be where the rail attach to the ends. Have any of you done a “dry” joint? How did it hold up, humidity, loosen up any, or drying, shrinkage etc. The tenons are 2” wide, 3/4” long, I was going to use two hardwood dowels per joint. I had intended using 3/16” round hardwood purchased at the local hardware and just cut lengths to suit. See the attached photo, it's a mockup in construction grade pine to check potential construction problems and sizing. There are 8 rails that would need to be inserted into opposing ends. I planned on pre assembling the ends and then tackling the rail insertion. Getting the mockup put together was a real hassle, thus I'm looking for alternate methods. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.