Hi, I got a question regarding a leg joinery for my ongoing desk build (my first standalone non-shop furniture).
I came up with an overall design then decided to work out the details as I build along. (This I'm quickly realizing was a risky decision...) The leg design is heavily inspired by Aled Lewis' Wish Desk (which was on the backcover of a fairly recent FWW issue). Being a FWW backcover story, the details of how to build the desk was not fully elaborated in the magazine (only how to attach the legs to the top). So, I took a stab at it and came up with the leg joinery:
LauraDesk 7.jpg
Ideally, I should've made these long loose tenons integral; but the designing-as-building bit me hard in this case as I already cut the leg pieces to have only 1"-long tenon. Literally within a second after the saw separated the last offcut, I realized 1" is probably too short for what it is (legs are milled from 6/4 stock). That is how the mixture of a long (3-1/2" - 4") loose tenon next to 3/4" integral tenon came about.
Am I overcomplicating this joinery? Any alternate ideas?
BTW, the front and rear legs on each side will be joined together by some yet-to-be-determined method, and there is a horizontal stretcher right behind where the legs are crossing.
Thanks for your inputs!
Kesh