Stretching Things Out

After starting to piece together the rest of the upper level, I decided to give myself some more room to work with.

To make room for switches and leads, 9.5" was added to the center section.

Closeup of the section joint, two 1/2" dowel plugs and two 1/4" carriage bolts to align and clamp the sections together.  The dowel will be covered on both sides with the braces for the cantilever supports.