I'm planning on making a wine rack out of solid ash. Part of the rack is like this:
I'm planning on fixing the horizontal rails (shown in green above) using only dowels and glue so that no fixings are visible. The dimensions of a rails are 20mm x 20mm x 340mm. The vertical supports are 19mm thick and 70mm wide.
For the rails either side of the central vertical support, I'm considering drilling straight through the vertial support and using a single dowel to locate the rails on either side.
Is this a reasonable plan for fixing the rails?
How far should my dowels protrude into the rails?
What diameter dowel would be appropriate?
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I'm planning on fixing the horizontal rails (shown in green above) using only dowels and glue so that no fixings are visible. The dimensions of a rails are 20mm x 20mm x 340mm. The vertical supports are 19mm thick and 70mm wide.
For the rails either side of the central vertical support, I'm considering drilling straight through the vertial support and using a single dowel to locate the rails on either side.
Is this a reasonable plan for fixing the rails?
How far should my dowels protrude into the rails?
What diameter dowel would be appropriate?