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Cherry Secretary - suggestions on fitting lid?
I'm nearing completion of an early American period secretary. I've saved the desk lid for last (no particular reason). I've got it nearly finished, but I'm not sure how to handle the hinge joint between the fixed writing surface and the lid.
Both the desk surface and lid are the same thickness, but the lip of the top drawer overlaps the bottom of the desk surface by about a quarter of an inch. It seems that the lip will prevent the lid from opening fully. There will be a bead milled on the bottom (when opened) of the lid that will remove a little material but not much. Hopefully the pictures will make it clear what I'm talking about. I'm still waiting on hardware (read as 'saving money for hardware'), which is why the gallery door is not attached.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to handle this hinged joint? (I've got the rabbets on the top and sides figured out, just not sure how to ensure there will be clearance for the top drawer lip.) My design is based primarily on pictures of period pieces, along with techniques borrowed from articles on building other styles of secretaries, so I don't actually have a set of plans to go by..
Thanks for any input,
Terry