DIYbanter - View Single Post - How much gap for glue for these joints....?

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I am curious how much gap to leave for these joints, which would entail
possibly not gluing certain faces of the joints, and building for loose dry
fit-ups.

If you have to hammer or use clamps to pull the joint together, it's too tight.
If you put it together dry and it wobbles around, it's too loose.

The wood and the shoulders should support the joint, and things should slide
together snugly on dry assembly - that's all there is to it.

Consider that end grain does not really hold a joint - the important faces are
where long grain meets long grain.

Don't be tempted to use epoxy as a 'gap filling glue'. A friend of mine did
that in his (professional) joinery for a while and it all started falling apart
within months. :-(

h.t.h. -P.

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