05-25-2016, 09:09 PM
Like many of us, I'm getting older faster these days, so I'd like to double check my assumptions here. Going to be building somewhere between 9 and 18 linear feet of book shelves and cabinets from curly soft maple.
If I can rabbets in the backs and fill with 1/4" nominal ply, I will not run afoul of wood movement since the grain is oriented vertically and movement will occur across the 12" or so of width. Similarly I should be able to hard glue a shelf in the middle because the movement direction is across the grain. Right? Right?
I can see the potential for issues with a face frame but I am assuming they do not cause problems because there is not enough width to move all that much. Right? Right?
I know this is newb stuff but sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my head around all this stuff.
TIA
If I can rabbets in the backs and fill with 1/4" nominal ply, I will not run afoul of wood movement since the grain is oriented vertically and movement will occur across the 12" or so of width. Similarly I should be able to hard glue a shelf in the middle because the movement direction is across the grain. Right? Right?
I can see the potential for issues with a face frame but I am assuming they do not cause problems because there is not enough width to move all that much. Right? Right?
I know this is newb stuff but sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my head around all this stuff.
TIA
Thanks, Curt
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