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can be shipped in a flat box too

a cushion could be an addition

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Electric Comet
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d in a flat box too

I'm going to buy two!

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Bob Villa

A cushion would probably add another couple of hundred.

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dadiOH

looking at this a little more i will not make eight holes

four would be enough and might just put two close to the center and then two at the outside

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Electric Comet

Looks like you'd have to be pretty precise about the dowel placement.

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Greg Guarino

Clamp the support and the top together and drill the holes for the dowels at the same time. That would eliminate alignment problems.

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Leon

That's where "dowel centers" can come in handy and make it easy to align the dowel holes in both parts:

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Locate and drill all the dowel holes in part 1 only;

Insert dowel centers into holes in part 1;

Precisely align part 2 where you want it, on top of the part 1 (with the dowel centers inserted) ... much easier than it sounds, simply use some flat scraps as guides to align the planes of the two pieces appropriately.

Apply just enough pressure to the aligned parts 1 & 2 to mark the holes in part 2.

Drill the dowel holes in part 3.

Just a couple of examples: the dovetailed casework is attached the base assembly on this Hope Chest with dowels, as above:

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And the bottom door assembly that replaced the rotten part is attached thusly, here:

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Dowel centers were used to precisely align the holes in both pieces. Takes longer to describe than to do.

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Swingman

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Swingman

drill the holes at the same time and then fit the dowels

i might setup the wingnut first for the extra clamping power and for alignment

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Electric Comet

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