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19 March 2015 at 8:48 pm #125708
Matt- Thanks for your input. The leg & rail joinery is already cut, and the headboard panels are already glued up and sized roughly, so I’m trying to salvage what I’ve already done without making huge design changes. The mortises are centered on the legs, so yes.. 3/4″ on each side of the mortise. And the plan for the head & foot would be for the lower edge of them to match the lower edge of the rail, so there shouldn’t be any issue of anyone getting caught in there (incidentally, that’s what’s making this such a challenge… Other beds we have in the house have a standard table construction around the bottom with separate panels for the “head” & “foot” boards and a good gap in between).
But, in thinking more about this today, along with your feedback, I had the following idea (see the not-necessarily-to-scale attachment if my description isn’t clear)…
Do a single tenon on the head & foot board along with what would amount to a gigantic tongue or haunch that runs nearly the full width of the board. Figure maybe an inch shy on each end. On the corresponding leg, I’d cut a groove that’s 1/8″ to 1/4″ longer than the tongue. I think this would allow the panel to expand outward from the tenon. By stopping the tongue & groove short of the full width of the board you wouldn’t see the groove once the joint is assembled.
I’d place the joint above that of the rail so that all of the tenons could be a good size without colliding.
If this sounds like it would work (in my newbie head, it does!), would you suggest a 3/8″ tongue & groove depth?
Thanks so much!
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