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Dear all,
On pages 84 – 86 of his book “Illustrated Cabinet Making: How to Design and Construct Furniture that Works” (ISBN 978-1-56523-369-0), Mr Bill Hylton recommends that the grain should be oriented in the same direction, so that the parts are joined end to end. The reason is that wood movement (a concern throughout this book) will be in the same for all parts.
Complying with Mr Hylton, who is an authority, would require the ends (gables) to be edge jointed in order to make them taller than the sides. Whether that demands anything more advanced than two butt joints is perhaps an open question, as may be the choice of adhesive: water resistant PVA, polyurethane or epoxy, I would think are some alternatives: with polyurethane as the preferred alternative.
All in all, I think WWMC could become even better by including advice and discussion on these, and other, more principal topics.
Best
Sven-Olof