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    G'day

    Next project about to undertake is a table for our dining room. I have gotten a hold of two lengthy slabs of silky oak at 250 x 40mm thick, they have been "drying" on the back verandah of a mates place for a couple of years as far as i can tell, but are none worse for wear.
    SWMBO has listed that she wants it nice and square, with solid legs at each corner right on each corner, right on the edge. The dining room is not huge, so neither is the table.
    Design - the table is to be roughly 1700 x 900. Three 240mm wide planks in the centre surrounded by a 120mm wide strip. the three wide planks are to be separated by a red 5mm strip of timber.
    I have sourced some old 240x90 red (gum?) bearers that i am going to double over to make the legs 240x170. I want to recess the legs into the table top so that a 90x90 section comes through to the top. Due to the weight of these legs, i am planning on having them only secured by the tenon that goes through to the table top and perhaps one angle to secure with a screw/bolt. this is so, if i need to move the table, undo 4 screws and lift top off the legs.

    The big question is, will a slap of 40mm (before dressing) be strong enough to support for normal dining table use, or will i have to have a couple of bearers to assist in load support.

    I will post a Sketchup of what i am considering making tomorrow once i get home.

    thanks for any input
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    I am not a big fan of tables without aprons/rails. With aprons your table can be built in 2 separate units, the base and the top. The base keeps the table top flat and strong. Without the rails the table looks out of proportion.
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    Hi,

    My advice would be as per Wongo's. Like this one I sketched pre sketchup. I ended up going with the rounded end - was really easy using a ply template and a router with a straight template bit.

    Nick

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    Did you mean 240x170mm legs? Seems like a bit of a waste of timber - don't you think the legs will look too big for the top? Could hold a bridge up with that size!

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    yes you could hold up a bridge with that size, but the specs are, big, chunky and straight, and i think i got initial dimensions incorrect for the legs, my apologies.
    The sketch below has the correct dimensions on it apart from the legs which have since been sourced. The raw timber is 195 x 78, but they are going to be trimmed and joined together to give 190 x 150, and the google sketch gives you a bit of an idea what i am trying to achieve. a bit different having the legs flush with the edges, but happy wife happy life as the saying goes.
    I will think about the rails, but they will have to be fairly invisible to get the look she is after, though they will add strength.
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    I hope you have a way to handle the wood movement because a solid panel surrounded by a frame is destined to crack.
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    Another member has recently made and posted pictures of a table similar to what you want to do ie. with the legs through the top, It'll be just a matter of you having a search.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rod1949 View Post
    Another member has recently made and posted pictures of a table similar to what you want to do ie. with the legs through the top, It'll be just a matter of you having a search.
    Thanks Rod, did a search back to May 2010 and cannot locate, will keep looking when i have time.

    Thanks for your responses so far, and am still thinking about the skirt as a way to keep it together and located nicely to prevent movement in the table top.

    Will make a decision once the legs are made to size.

    cheers
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