Dominos or screws?

[NYC Tiny Shop]

I keep going back and forth. Today, I have to decide.  Domino these feet to the base, or use screws? And, if screws, which ones?
Any input with this, is appreciated.

 

[mouppe]

I'd use screws and elongate the holes in the feet. #8 or 10 should be good enough.

 

[barnowl]

Dominoes and glue.

You'll be done in less time than it would take to drill all of the screw holes.

I use the Domino whenever, and wherever I can.

On second thought, RL makes a good point.

Cross grain.



Domino the fronts, elongated screw holes in the rear.

 

[wrightwoodwork]

Personally I would just use screws nice and simple a lot of screws are self drilling like spax just. Counter sink the wood and as long as not too near the end shouldn't split of using a 75x4.0 which is same as 8 gauge and a couple of clamps to hold the feet while fixing

 

[GhostFist]

Screws

 

[leakyroof]

+1 on RL's advice.

 

[wrightwoodwork]

Spax is a german company that makes screws nice simple fixing

 

[semenza]

Screws in elongated holes.

Seth

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Thank you, eveyone!
I went with 2-1/2 inch screws, pre-drilled and counter-sunk. No glue...this way they can be removed.

 

[Kev]

As a point of interest, why not smaller individual feet - then there'd be no cross grain issue to resolve ??

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

I would have liked this, Kev. My customer designed these benches.
I learned a lot, and am still learning, from such a simple project.  Now, I understand why most furniture builders make a design, put it on their website, and take orders from that model.  It saves a lot of headache. Fortunately, and unfortunately everything I do is custom made to the customers' needs. Most just say,"I need a such and such for this space."