On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:08:21 -0800, Electric Comet
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:43:17 -0500
Greg Guarino wrote:

It's a shelf/cubbyhole unit, intended to hang from the wall. It's six
feet long and a little over 11" deep. The material is red oak. All
the joints are dadoed or rabbeted (1/4" deep) and glued, as can be

why not add some screws for peace of mind

Screws into end grain?

what downside is there to adding some screws

Because they're ugly and don't do anything. Pocket screws, maybe, but
that ship's sailed.