Jeff, and all the other contributors, this has been a great class in furniture making! I hope all who have read and followed this thread realize what a great opportunity this has been; how fortunate we all are to be able to click on to the forum and gain some priceless knowledge from some of the best in the field. And priceless is indeed the right word. I sure have learned a lot. My thanks to everybody.
Among other things, how else would we have ever known the chief cause of premature mortality among the 18th century cabinet makers!! Howard you get A+ on that one.
Seriously, this whole thing is a prime example of what the forum can do, we're lucky to have access to it. John McAlister