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Thought domino joints were too fussy for shop cabinets until a guy at the Tacoma woodworking show called my drawers 'sloppy'
I was building a run of shop drawers last month and using plain butt joints with screws and glue, figuring nobody would ever see them. The guy was watching me dry fit one at a booth and said flat out, 'those corners will rack in a year, you're better off spending the extra 10 minutes on a domino.' I tried it on the next 6 drawers and the square went dead on every one, so what's the real cutoff for you guys on where you use loose tenons and where you just run screws?
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grant_allen8516d ago
you're better off spending the extra 10 minutes" hits home, I built a whole shop cart with pocket screws last winter and the top still wobbles. Turns out the 10 minutes is cheaper than redoing it, go figure.
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