On 26/05/2017 10:35, Roger Hayter wrote:

It isn't the wood, it's the joints. The brace is effectively wedged
between the rails. If it's the wrong way round the joints will pull out.
This is utterly basic.

Bill
Agreed, but until the joints do pull out it is going to do better than
the unbraced ones. They didn't ask if they were sensible designs!



No, it just shows that the author was an ignoramus. I bet he didn't do
woodwork at school.

Bill