Three Piece Floating Credenza

[Michael Kellough]

[member=75283]4nthony[/member]  I was wondering why your door stiffener cleats have expansion slots when the dovetail grain goes the same direction, then WOW! I looked closer and realized the dovetail is integral with the cleat, all one piece. Very impressive!

So the slots are because the screws pass through the dovetails and are anchored in the door panels. You mentioned the dovetails were a tight fit so you maybe could have omitted the omitted the screws and just gone with a pin at the top. A wood pin or dowel.

 

[4nthony]

[member=75283]4nthony[/member]  I was wondering why your door stiffener cleats have expansion slots when the dovetail grain goes the same direction, then WOW! I looked closer and realized the dovetail is integral with the cleat, all one piece. Very impressive!

So the slots are because the screws pass through the dovetails and are anchored in the door panels. You mentioned the dovetails were a tight fit so you maybe could have omitted the omitted the screws and just gone with a pin at the top. A wood pin or dowel.

Thanks! Yeah, the sliding dovetail is integral to the batten. The battens were made from ~18.5mm offcuts and the dovetail was 9mm. The outer elongated hole was ~9mm deep and the inner elongated hole goes through the dovetail. I used #6-1/2" screws that just bite into the door to hold the battens. The screws aren't super tight and should move with the wood. Also, a couple of the battens were a little bit loose so it would've looked funny if some had holes while others didn't.

I basically followed the instructions Keith Johnson provided in his build video, which he said he learned by consulting Philip Morley. He put screws in his battens, so I was just following along.