Did I choose the right joint?
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I have an oak bench I am building for our dining room. I made a back for it and want to joint it to the bench seat. I chose a sliding dovetail as my joint for this. The bench seat is 3/4 in thick and the uprights for the seat back are 1.5 inches thick, square. I cut the uprights and tails at a 10° angle to provide for a slight lean. The receiver for the tails will go across the grain of the seat. Did I choose the right joint?
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You must be logged in to view attached files.31 August 2016 at 10:27 pm #139839If I understand the situation, you will only have 1 1/2″ of dovetail attached to the bench seat. And I guess there will be one sliding dovetail at each end. I would worry about people leaning back on the seat and the joint failing. But if the joint is tight and glued properly maybe it would be OK.
I can’t think of a good alternative, but my thinking is to somehow incorporate the bench legs in the picture. Maybe you could do what you already thought of, but add a bracing member that is attached to the back of the back legs and also attached to the angled seat back.
1 September 2016 at 10:26 pm #139857I saw that in the picture, Tom. You could always make a little cutout so a brace will fit over the seat overhang. Either way, let us know how it comes out.
2 September 2016 at 2:06 am #139862I was just thinking of screwing it to the back of the leg and to the back of the backrest. In my mind the grain of the brace is vertical, and it is angled sort of like a boomerang at a 10° angle. Could probably glue it to the leg and to the backrest if the grain orientation is all vertical.
Best to make a test piece from pine and see if you like it first.
4 September 2016 at 1:34 am #139905Nicely done, Tom. It’s looking good. I see you put some kind of block on the inside surface of the backrest’s uprights. Are those blocks also glued and screwed to the base? All solid oak – I’ll bet it’s fairly heavy. I’m sure this bench will last a long time.
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