As a new member I was reading old threads, just to develope a feel for the forum, when I ran across a closed thread concerning joint sepration in a walnut secretary.
The issue of seperation with a cross grain joint was straight forward. The question I have concerned the comments on seperation of a dado joint between the drawer rail and the case side. Both pieces are solid walnut. If I understand the comments the reason for the failure of this joint would be attributed to wood movement. Because the wood movement of both pieces is in the same plane I would not think expansion and contraction would be the primary reason for this joint to fail. I have built pieces using dado's, sliding dovetails and rabbits for this joint. I have never had any to fail. Am I just lucky?
I am about to start a nine drawer dresser. I am planning on using the same joinery of a triple dresser I have. This is a very high end bedroom suite and the dresser and chest on chest are built with drawer rails that have stopped dado's. This furniture is made from real Honduras mahoganey and the joints are as tight as the day I bought it. The dresser I am making will be cherry.
Do I really need to worry about using the stopped dado's for the drawer rails?
One thing I found interesting about the chest on chest I have is how the drawer dividers are made. They glued boards together, cross cut them and placed them so the movement would be front to back. This solved the cross grain joint problem with drawer dividers.
The issue of seperation with a cross grain joint was straight forward. The question I have concerned the comments on seperation of a dado joint between the drawer rail and the case side. Both pieces are solid walnut. If I understand the comments the reason for the failure of this joint would be attributed to wood movement. Because the wood movement of both pieces is in the same plane I would not think expansion and contraction would be the primary reason for this joint to fail. I have built pieces using dado's, sliding dovetails and rabbits for this joint. I have never had any to fail. Am I just lucky?
I am about to start a nine drawer dresser. I am planning on using the same joinery of a triple dresser I have. This is a very high end bedroom suite and the dresser and chest on chest are built with drawer rails that have stopped dado's. This furniture is made from real Honduras mahoganey and the joints are as tight as the day I bought it. The dresser I am making will be cherry.
Do I really need to worry about using the stopped dado's for the drawer rails?
One thing I found interesting about the chest on chest I have is how the drawer dividers are made. They glued boards together, cross cut them and placed them so the movement would be front to back. This solved the cross grain joint problem with drawer dividers.