A work colleague has borrowed a worktop jig and router etc from me to fit his kitchen worktops. He hasn't done them yet, but I have heard him say that he is joining solid wood worktops which have a small round top and bottom. He is going to use the mitre joint as used for post form tops but I thought I had read that there were better ways of joining wood tops, ie just taking off the rounded part off the female and putting a very small chamfer on the male etc. Just wanted to give him some advice before he dived in and used the wrong (or not the best) method. I believe there are also other problems, ie movement to ba taken into account with solid wood tops.
Advice for colleague needed quickly?
- Thread starter davecooper
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You're right. Solid wood expands and contracts across the grain more than it does along the grain, so the general advice is to treat a solid wood joint as that and minimise the size of the mitre. It's been discussed elsewhere in the past, such as in this thread
Tell your colleague to avoid screwing straight through the nailers/stretchers to hold the top down. The screws need to go through oversized holes to accommodate any wood movement
Scrit
Tell your colleague to avoid screwing straight through the nailers/stretchers to hold the top down. The screws need to go through oversized holes to accommodate any wood movement
Scrit
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