I've hardly been able to get any shop time in the last several years, but am finally getting back into it. I think it's been +10 years since I posted here despite being an avid lurker.
Back in 2007, I built my then-baby daughter a wide lady's dresser out of cherry from one of Bones' runs. Not thinking it through, I used simple glued-dado to secure the frames into the side panels.
We've moved a number of times and the glue in the dados is failing letting the whole piece start to pull apart. I've forced glue back into the joints and pulled them back together, but that only lasts a move or two. I'm looking for a more permanent solution.
I'm thinking about angling dowels through the frames into the side panel... kind of like toe-nailing, but with a dowel. The dados are not terribly deep, so I'm not positive dowels are the best option.
While the piece isn't "A" masterpiece, it definitely is "MY" masterpiece -- it's far-and-away the best piece of woodworking I've ever done, and my daughter adores it... It's a little heartbreaking for me to see the construction failing, I'd be truly obliged for help in discreetly fixing it.
Andy
Back in 2007, I built my then-baby daughter a wide lady's dresser out of cherry from one of Bones' runs. Not thinking it through, I used simple glued-dado to secure the frames into the side panels.
We've moved a number of times and the glue in the dados is failing letting the whole piece start to pull apart. I've forced glue back into the joints and pulled them back together, but that only lasts a move or two. I'm looking for a more permanent solution.
I'm thinking about angling dowels through the frames into the side panel... kind of like toe-nailing, but with a dowel. The dados are not terribly deep, so I'm not positive dowels are the best option.
While the piece isn't "A" masterpiece, it definitely is "MY" masterpiece -- it's far-and-away the best piece of woodworking I've ever done, and my daughter adores it... It's a little heartbreaking for me to see the construction failing, I'd be truly obliged for help in discreetly fixing it.
Andy