Workbench: tops: dado like the well board?
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Hi All:
Do you suppose there is any merit to cutting a shallow dado all the way across the undersides of both bench tops, as you do with the well board (but shallower), before attaching the lag bolts?
Hey Whitney, I think if that is something you want to do, and it makes it easier to assemble, there will be nothing wrong in that approach. However, structurally, I don’t believe it adds that much. If you are making your bench following Paul’s design, the housing dados cut in the aprons where they attach to the legs add a great deal of strength and stability to the finished Bench.