Paul Kierstead wrote:


without pooching above the table. If I made an entire insert out of
material that thin I would expect serious rigidity problems.

5/32" oak or maple, supported entirely around the rim and accross a
small span is surprisingly ridgid; quite a bit more rigid then plywood
for example. Just a though to save you some effort...

What about wood movement? I have some pieces of BORG red oak "hobby wood"
from and old project that never got built. They're probably about 1/4"
thick, and after several years in my outdoor shop they're severely cupped.

Think the wood has moved all it's going to move? I could plane them to
5/32" and use them as inserts. Be a helluva lot easier since I don't own a
decent router.

I think I might try this. That wood isn't terribly useful for anything
anyway.

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