I made a replacement stand for the compost bin - with dovetails! (thelemmy.club)

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The base is dovetailed at the corners and the uprights are lapped in. I have to complicate everything.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I've never tried dovetails, I could only hope to do as well. I'd probably just do a corner brace and call it done, though.

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