I defer to this group. A friend is making a full size china hutch from
solid panel black walnut. The panels are all joined with biscuits and the
"box" in turn is joined with biscuits. The panels are around 29" deep by
24" tall to form the lower box, and the top is some 60" tall by 20" wide.

I'm telling him that he did not allow for any expansion and that this thing
is doomed to blow up! am I off base here? (he's nearly done so its a mute
point anyhow...just interested in what the wreck has to say...)

Schroeder