On 3/20/2012 12:45 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:18:40 -0700 (PDT), Greg Guarino
wrote:

On Mar 20, 1:42 am, Larry
wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:07:10 -0700 (PDT), Greg Guarino

wrote:
On Mar 19, 10:16 pm, tiredofspamnospam.nospam.com wrote:
Please take these constructively. I'm sure you learned a lot during this
build.

1. Your Splines grain is going in the wrong direction. You want this to
provide extra support, so you set the grain to go 90 degrees to what you
have them.

Hadn't thought of that. I can see now how the strength of the spline
would be greater "your" way, but I think it should be adequate in this
application as is.

I -thought- I saw a 'wrong' spline there. If the grain direction is
the same as that of the stile (which I thought I saw) it can break
very easily, especially with the little gaps you had. Slam the door
hard once and it could be CURTAINS! G'luck!

The grain runs in the same direction as the stiles, vertically. See
below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...0027/lightbox/

Oops, not the safest way.

By which you mean the small block of oak and the fingers near the miter
saw blade? I guess you're right. I am pretty cautious though, especially
as one of my other uses for my fingers is at the piano (a much more
advanced skill than woodworking, with better cash-flow too)

Those look to be 1/4" rather than 1/8".
Better.

The grooves are 7/32 and splines fit snugly (one might say "tightly" on
the first door)

As for the gap, it's only on the first door I made. The splines were
tighter than they should have been, and I guess a little wider as
well. I fixed that problem (with a block plane) for the second door.

Goodgood.

What, you didn't make it to that photo ("shaving down splines")? Eight
of the 200 people who viewed the finished desk made it all the way
through the set.

I'm something of a photo buff too. I've been amusing myself documenting
the project. Some of the "dramatic" lighting was courtesy of a couple of
reflector work lights.