If a side rail and a front rail intersect, I have always simply mitered the two and let them meet. That generally makes you thicken the stile/leg.
I am trying to thin down the structure and am thinking of doing this:
These are not dowels, but round tenons.
The tone of the piece calls for through tenons (in my head).
Alternatively I have thought of doing the front rail a through wedged tenon, and the side rail just a short tenon (leaning that way actually). For looks I want the through tenon on the face, but for structure, the front rail needs it much more.
What other interesting or creative ways have you folks managed intersecting tenons or through tenons where there are 90 degree offset rails in casework?
I am trying to thin down the structure and am thinking of doing this:
These are not dowels, but round tenons.
The tone of the piece calls for through tenons (in my head).
Alternatively I have thought of doing the front rail a through wedged tenon, and the side rail just a short tenon (leaning that way actually). For looks I want the through tenon on the face, but for structure, the front rail needs it much more.
What other interesting or creative ways have you folks managed intersecting tenons or through tenons where there are 90 degree offset rails in casework?