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I posted this design quite a while ago (probably more than a year ago) and got a lot of good advice that I implemented. I am now finally in the process of building it. I am wondering what would bethe best mechanism for joining the head board and foot boardpanel assemblies tothe legs/posts.
I built John Teneyck's horizontal router mortiser and am thinking that loose tenons is my best option, but wondering if I am overlooking something that might be better.
The wood is cherry. The legs/posts are 3/4" boards glued into a 3 1/2" square usinga lock miter bit. I have machined the leg/post boards but have not glued them up yet so I can still add something to the inside of the postif needed(like maybeathreaded insert or something).
I do not own a Domino.
If I did loose tenons would 1/4" (easiest) be enough or should I go 3/8" (requires an additional set up step and extra pass or buya new 3/8" bit). Also would you only put loose tenons in the top and bottom rail, or would you put a couple in the outside stiles of the panel assembly?
How would you attach the panel assembly to the posts? Thanks in advance for the advice.
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