Hi all,
Thanks in advance to all advice I have gotten here while learning.
I am putting this end table together. The case is assembled and I have done my best to ensure squareness with each step but something must not be just right. I am not certain how to fix it or if I should ignore it. Thanks for looking at my pictures. The first is the project, which is upside down on my saw. I am having trouble with the last step which is where I screwed the bottom (on top on picture it is upside down) into the bottom of the case. There is another piece with curved legs I still need to attach. The picture is to show generally how it was made. The top hole in picture is a shelf area and the bottom will have a drawer when it is turned up.
The second pic (dark one) shows one of the corners, 3 look great, and are perfect. I am happy with them.
The fourth corner, third pic, has a 1/16" gap. I don't know if my plywood bottom, which is wrapped with 1 3/4" oak, is not perfectly flat. I can't see why I can't get it to come down. I guess one of the styles might be slightly long, but I can't see that. Or maybe one of the rails is sticking up slightly which amplifies in the corner. Maybe the whole thing is slightly out of square. I can unscrew it again, and even put new screws if needed as they will be covered ultimately.
So I am wondering what my options are. Do you think clamps could be applied in some way so it would screw flat, and would that hold? Maybe I need a hand plane (don't have one now) to shave something down? If the style is slightly long somewhere I have no idea how to bring that down squarely. The last option is to leave it. It will sit between two twin beds and so it will never be seen, but I am hoping to learn.
Thanks in advance.
Scott
PS- for some reason I can't get these pictures upright, they are all upside down. I spent 30 minutes and saved them upside down for reloading and they are still wrong. Maybe someone knows why that is but I can't figure it out! the first one is thus right side up not up side down!
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