03-12-2018, 08:50 AM
I am building a couple end tables and am trying to figure out the best way to attach the top. I would like to use figure 8 fasteners but it seems to me you can only use those on two of the four sides. If you attach the top to all four side rails with those the movement would be restricted. It seems to me you can only put those on the sides where the end grain is. Am I missing something here? The same manufacturers that make the 8's should make something like this for the long grain sides.
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It's kind of hard to draw in ascii characters but hopefully you get the idea. There is a round hole that would mount to a counter bore in the side rail just like the figure 8 and then an elongated hole that would mount to the top and allow movement along the length of this fastener. The figure 8's allow movement is the direction opposite of the axis of the fastener.
So since I cannot find what seems to be an obvious solution to using figure 8's I guess I am going to cut a slot in the rails and use "Z" fasteners. Does anyone have a better solution?
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It's kind of hard to draw in ascii characters but hopefully you get the idea. There is a round hole that would mount to a counter bore in the side rail just like the figure 8 and then an elongated hole that would mount to the top and allow movement along the length of this fastener. The figure 8's allow movement is the direction opposite of the axis of the fastener.
So since I cannot find what seems to be an obvious solution to using figure 8's I guess I am going to cut a slot in the rails and use "Z" fasteners. Does anyone have a better solution?