I'm looking for some opinions on a design question.
I've got an Ikea coffee table out of solid pine. In cross section, the legs are a bit over 2" square. I'm planning on adding a shelf to the table to make it easier to clean up when company comes over (or perhaps more realistically, to accumulate more stuff).
The question that I've got is how to support the shelf, given that it wasn't originally designed for one.
I was considering cutting a 3/4" high slot into the inside corner of each of the legs. Viewed from above, the cutout would be about 1" square, or about 1/4 of the total cross section of the leg.
What would you call this slot anyways? It's kind of like a mortise, but it's on a corner, and there really isn't a matching tenon. Is it kind of a wierd dado?
Has anyone seen anything like this? I expect I'd have to reinforce the underside of the shelf, given that it will just be 3/4 pine.
Chris