So that is how Domino helped solve the
differential wood
movement issue
between the blood
wood long grain
edges and the
maple wide grain
top. Now, how
about the blood
wood banding
across the back?
It could just be
screwed in place,
but that would
look ugly.
The solution here
was to Domino
M&T maple spac-
ers to the inside of
the rear blood wood banding to form a
series of “tongues” the same thickness as
the distance between the top plate and
the bottom portion of the torsion box.
I drilled a hole in them that was larger
than the diameter of the washer head
screws I intended to use to hold those
tongues to the underside of the top. That
way I could pull the blood wood banding
up to within 1mm of the back of the top
plate and secure it with the
washer head screws to the
under side of the top. Now
that band will move with the
top in and out as the top
expands and contracts.
The oversized hole will take
up any error if the top wants
to contract more than I al-
lowed for.
I also used a Festool
counter-sink on the side of
the tongue that would be
against the top to provide
even more wiggle room for those screws.
You can
see that
in the
bottom
photo.
The trim
is in-
verted
so I can
counter-
sink into
the
edge
that will
be
against
the top.
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