Popular Woodworking 2006-12 № 159, страница 15

Power-tool Joinery

A through groove is less venturesome to rout than the stopped groove, and Cut a rabbet across the end of a wide board, then cut off a strip as long as requires no layout. A button works in either. you want the buttons to be. Clip the strip into uniformly sized buttons.

To ensure the tabletop is held tightly to the stand, design the button so its shoulder is slightly shorter than the space between the apron's top edge and the groove. When screwed to the tabletop, the button should be slightly pitched. The tongue should be slightly thinner than the width of the groove. To accommodate the pitch, you may need to

chamfer the tip of the tongue.

First, figure out the thickness of button needed, mill a scrap board, and cut a rabbet across each end. Crosscut a strip about IV4" long from each end, then rip the strips into buttons about 1" wide. Drill a pilot hole through the body of each button.

With any of the attachment methods I've

described - glue-and-screw blocks, screws in pockets, buttons - final assembly involves setting the tabletop, show face down, on the bench. You upend the leg-and-apron assembly and align it on the top. Then you drive the mounting screws. PW

Coming next issue, Bill Hylton investigates beaded frames.