I am considering taking the plunge and moving away from plane old butt joints for a few reasons now that may familiarirty with E-cabinets is on the rise (thanks to the videos everyone has been nudging me to take advanatage of)
My primary box material is 16 mm thick partical core Melamine . Initially my primary reason for going to this joinery is to get the registration offered by an interlocking joint AND to give me a means to identify better through assermbly marks orientation of key parts so I don't end up with parts upside down
My questions are:
- is 16mm too thin to use this construction
- what percentage of the material should be used for the tenon and what depth and tenon clearance is a good number to start out with . I use 1//4" compression from centurion at the moment .
- If I move up to a 3/8" cutter will my material be too weak at the joint to use this joint ?
I have only applied the joint to the deck where it meets the sides in a base cabinet .When the Cabinet Editior draws this joint it would appear one tenon is 'transparent' and the other is 'filled in' ... Should this be a concern ? In the nesting drawings it appears the parts cut properly .
Thansk Bill