Thanks a lot for the comment. Now that you mention it, French cleats and other rail-based mounting solutions were on the table at some point. I discarded the i

Thanks a lot for the comment. Now that you mention it, French cleats and other rail-based mounting solutions were on the table at some point. I discarded the idea because I thought it couldn't be made to work with the shifted center of gravity (I didn't have a solution in mind at that time). Well, I took an informative detour there. Cross-grain construction is a new topic to me, thank you! I will take a look.