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Wood Glue on Endgrain. - Petertaylor - 03-20-2025
The photo is a table we saw in a restaurant. I am making one like it. The challenge is attaching the angle braces to the flat surfaces. All told there are ten braces. Would just glue hold? I could drive pegs or screws through the angled ends, but prefer a cleaner look.
Thanks for your thoughts.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - stav - 03-20-2025
I wouldn't trust those areas to glue alone. They are begging for mortise and tenon. Just think of the racking forces on those spots every time someone stands up from the table and uses it as a brace or whatever.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - FrankAtl - 03-20-2025
I agree with stav, mortise and tenon is preferable, maybe dowels if you're not comfortable with that. Just glue has no chance.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - rwe2156 - 03-20-2025
Why not screw or dowel from the bottom?
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - Gary G™ - 03-20-2025
I would use mortise and tenon.
It’s a good place to do floating tenons.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - DieselDennis - 03-20-2025
(03-20-2025, 08:25 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: Why not screw or dowel from the bottom?
I was thinking the same thing. Along with glue.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - fredhargis - 03-20-2025
(03-20-2025, 11:26 AM)DieselDennis Wrote: I was thinking the same thing. Along with glue.
That was the first thing that came to my mind, screws from the bottom.
RE: Wood Glue on Endgrain. - Petertaylor - 03-20-2025
Thank you for helping me think this through. I ended up using screws from underneath and a biscuit joiner where the angle abuts the table leg. Cut 40 degrees in the endgrain of the angle. It works.