It's wet outside, so am doing inside work today. Have been in need of a BBQ table, so finally gathering scrap wood to build it.
A postage-stamp-sized plan/sketch will ensure I get there without changing my mind too much along the way.
Let's see what I end up with.
I can get small plywood sheets in a nearby DIY market to make sides for open shelves we have. I need to cut them into slices width-wise, ok; but I would also need to join them length-wise. The only way I know is with half-lap joints. But I'm talking about sheets, not boards, so only a couple of millimeters thick (maybe 5mm).
Can't use dowels at that side, either.
What to do, what do do.
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These brackets will be part of what holds up the bunk bed in the back.
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The long sides are held by bolts in a typical flat pack furniture joint. This is normally fine and strong enough, although ideally there should be a half moon washer/nut instead of just a regular hex nut.
However, the bolts are too long, bottoming out in the hole and forcing the side and leg apart instead of clamping them together.
Fixed with a long drill bit, making room for the tip of the bolt.
Must've come from the CBA furniture factory! :)
Now the other side. Dry join, you can see where I dug the pins out that obviously couldn't hold a table leg, see elongated holes.
The other two holes below the mortise are from where someone tried to patch it with an angle bracket and screws. That didn't work either.
Ah well, clamped back together with some PU glue.
Fixing a table that fell apart as I was moving it around 🙀
Real wood, nice turned legs but the worst joinery, not improved by dodgy attempts at patching it by a previous owner.
For some reason it wasn't glued, just pinned and I had to dig the pins out, doing further damage. What a waste.
Perhaps the factory was out of glue that day. Reminds me of an old DDR joke.
Failed attempt at joinery. I will fix it by replacing the top part which has split badly (not very obvious in pictures). It's going to be one of four supports for my bed frame on the walls of the bus.
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