Don't glue the cherry to the MDF unless you are building an arch. If the
humidity goes up, the table will cup upwards as the cherry expands and the
MDF doesn't -- downward if it dries out. If you must use the MDF, use screw
slots and omit the glue. Believe me, I did this once with a red oak table
and it bowed a good two inches in the middle. The customer put the table in
a room with about fifty house plants which she watered daily. I had to
practically rebuild the table. harrym

"Jeb Sawyer" wrote in message
m...
Rather new to woodworking, so this may be a simple question. I'm
making a tabletop out of 1" cherry on top of 1" MDF. I am going to
band the table top with cherry also to cover up the MDF. My question
is where do I need to put biscuits? I am glueing together 5 pieces of
cherry for the top, but since it is long grain to long grain is there
still a need for biscuits. And what about the banding on the sides
(with grain running perpendicular) should I be concerned about the
wood expanding and cracking?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeb