"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
My question is this: Do I have to worry about this sucker opening up over
time? If it opens up I think I would be able to clamp it back with a
little glue and maybe rout a groove across the crack on top of the leg and
inlay a piece of wood 90 to the crack. I'm ****ed.

I'd drill a small hole at the end of the crack and they do the filler thing.


My second question is: Does this kind of crap always happen with a
project?

Yes.

It seems that there is always something that goes wrong that appears to be
out of my control.

Yes.