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FewerWheels ,

Based on this photo, it looks like it is failing in shear. It’s not a wood problem, it’s a design problem. The upper joint on the far right in the photo has clearly rotated and not a single brace for shear is visible. Think triangles and fix the design. It looks like this could be saved

brygphilomena ,

Yea. Square it up and add braces.

intensely_human ,

Braces will intersect with the boats. Instead it should be anchored to the wall at the top.

nottelling OP ,

That’s why I didn’t have braces in the first place. I figured if the joints were tight enough, they’d hold. Wrong, because the wood has deformed. I really don’t want to anchor it to the wall unless absolutely necessary.

Plan was to put braces in the lower square portion.

ForestOrca ,
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I came here to say, "put bracesin the lower square portion." Mounting it to the wall wouldn't hurt either. Belt AND Suspenders thinking.

SheeEttin ,

Not necessarily. If you want it free-standing, you could move it out from the wall a bit, redo the bottom to extend it behind, then add pieces between the top and rear bottom.

nottelling OP ,

Thanks. The plan to fix it was to basically put shims into the joints as a temporary method to square it, and then add some additional braces.

I designed this assuming specifically that the square cut joints would be strong enough, which was obviously wrong. But it does seem like the joints have expanded.

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