On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 3:33:30 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote:
On 1/16/2017 7:11 PM, dadiOH wrote:
"Greg Guarino" wrote in message
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On 1/16/2017 4:23 PM, Leon wrote:
But if you feel compelled, counter sink them and plug with oak plugs and
sand smooth.

With the dadoes, there's only 1/2" of "meat" there.

That's enough for plugs but if you think not and want to reinforce in a
sorta decorative way, use dowels. And strength from dowels is greatly
increased of they are inserted at angles. Same for nails and screws.


I considered dowels. That would certainly be easy. I'm becoming
convinced that perhaps none of this is necessary though.


It's necessary if it will stop you from constantly worrying about whether the
item will fail or not.

It's known as Peace Of Mind and not something to be taken lightly.