Hi all,
I wanted to pick the brains of the resident experts, a very basic question often glossed over in the books.
I am using a T&G joint to put a solid maple edging on the edges of some plywood shelves.
The edging is 3/4" stock with a 1/4" tongue milled into it, the mating groove in the plywood edge is 1/4".
On paper this sounded perfect, my question is more of a general concept:
How tight a fit should this T&G be , I am guessing a mallet should not be needed to fit the edging into the plywood?
Should there be clearance allowed for glue? ie. should the groove be a little deeper than 1/4"?
I am finding that when joints are milled too exactly, then it is too difficult to fit them properly. Am I missing something?
thanks in advance,
Nabil