Report To dado or not to dado in Woodworking Posted July 29, 2018 · Edited July 29, 2018 by Christiaan additional information Hi there I am new to this site. I am starting out my furniture design company and my first project is building a side table. It is very basic design made with only 3 panels. The question I have is should I dado cut joining grooves or will a flush joint be strong enough. ideally I do not want to use screws especially for the top joint. I recently purchased a Bosch plunge router and I do not have a table saw only a circular saw. If this is going to be a recurring build then I would like a setup that can be easily setup each time. In the image below you will see the design, you will notice that I have metal bracket on the ends of the joints. This is only for aesthetic purposes and I do not think they will be strong enough to carry load. To save space and time I get the panels pre cut and my timber shop and I only do the assembly in my garage. Timber used is 27mm birch plywood. Another thought is to use an angled dowel or screw joint jig like the one in the image below. All of my designs has clean straight joints and normally has a piece of sheetmetal, so I am trying to produce furniture that is easily assembled by myself to reduce manufacturing cost. Thanks and will appreciate the input.
To dado or not to dado
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Posted · Edited by Christiaan
additional information
Hi there
I am new to this site. I am starting out my furniture design company and my first project is building a side table.
It is very basic design made with only 3 panels. The question I have is should I dado cut joining grooves or will a flush
joint be strong enough. ideally I do not want to use screws especially for the top joint. I recently purchased a Bosch plunge
router and I do not have a table saw only a circular saw. If this is going to be a recurring build then I would like a setup
that can be easily setup each time. In the image below you will see the design, you will notice that I have metal bracket
on the ends of the joints. This is only for aesthetic purposes and I do not think they will be strong enough to carry load.
To save space and time I get the panels pre cut and my timber shop and I only do the assembly in my garage. Timber used
is 27mm birch plywood.
Another thought is to use an angled dowel or screw joint jig like the one in the image below.
All of my designs has clean straight joints and normally has a piece of sheetmetal, so I am trying to produce furniture
that is easily assembled by myself to reduce manufacturing cost.
Thanks and will appreciate the input.