Gluing supports perpendicular to desktop grain
Hi All,
I'm working on a project and just realised while laying in bed this morning that I've make a rookie oversight. I've glued strips of timber across the width of a desktop instead of using fasteners that would allow movement. The width of the desktop is only 400mm and the piece will be kept indoors at all times so I'm wondering if I might just get away with it. I'll be finishing it with hard wax oil. I'm thinking now of maybe adding a couple of screws just in case the glue ever lets go from the expansion and contraction. Thoughts? Has anyone ever done this and gotten away with it longer term?
The timber is reclaimed tasmanian oak that was used for door jams in a house, so hopefully it's more dimensionally stable than "fresher" timber.