{"id":6338,"date":"2020-01-18T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T01:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=6338"},"modified":"2021-06-09T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:41:18","slug":"a-novel-cross-rail-joint-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/18\/a-novel-cross-rail-joint-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"A novel cross-rail joint, part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5173_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"cross-rail joint finished\" class=\"wp-image-6068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5173_edited-2.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5173_edited-2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dry fit<\/strong> the joint with just two dowels. Using all five dowels makes it remarkably difficult to disassemble. However, check every one of the long grain holes to make sure it is full depth so you don&#8217;t get a surprise when finally closing the glued-up joint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find it less stressful to glue up in <strong>two stages<\/strong>. I apply glue in the holes, and then tap in the dowels in one of the tongued components. I limit the depth of the dowels with a registration block. When this subassembly has dried enough to keep the dowels stable, I complete the glue up by applying glue to the other set of holes, plus a little bit on the dadoed piece, and then push the whole thing together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This joint must be <strong>clamped from the ends<\/strong>. I have found it strongly tends to stay accurately square but, of course, I check it anyway, and adjust the clamps as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the glue is dried and conditioned, I plane flush the outer edges. If made accurately, which is very likely if the dowel jig was made accurately, this joint will turn out <strong>neat and strong<\/strong>, and it will stay that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the work in making this joint is in making the <strong>dowel jig<\/strong>, which is reusable for a joint of the same or less width. The joint also works with large width rails because there is no conflict from dimensional change due to moisture cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been a good joint to have in my repertoire. You might want to <strong>give it a try<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dry fit the joint with just two dowels. Using all five dowels makes it remarkably difficult to disassemble. However, check every one of the long grain holes to make sure it is full depth so you don&#8217;t get a surprise when finally closing the glued-up joint. I find it less stressful to glue up in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-6338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques","tag-cross-rail-joint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6338"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7072,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6338\/revisions\/7072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}