Re: Hall Bench Question

GarageWoodworks wrote:
I am in the process of making an oak bench shown at the link below. How would you attach the 3/4" oak plywood floor? The top of the floor needs to be flush with the top of the front bottom rail. There is also a center divider that is giving me grief (floor in two sections?). I was originally thinking of using biscuits with slats for support underneath.

My version...

Make the bottom rails thick and rabbet them to support a single-piece bottom panel "floor". I would align the rabbets such that the floor just fits inside the legs so that you don't have to notch the bottom panel for the legs at the corners.

The vertical divider could be dadoed into the top and bottom, or you could simply use glued *** joints--the stress on the divider is essentially vertical. If you're going to use a cushion as in the original you could reinforce with screws and plug the screw holes.

Chris
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