On 11/11/2013 06:11 PM, jloomis wrote:
Well done, and how actually do the panels float....
I take it they are not glued to the frame, and sit in a route?
nice work.
john

"Doug Winterburn" wrote in message
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Made a couple of tables for a friend - one 6' x 6' and the small one at
3' x 6'. Made from alder at his request. He bought the alder legs from
Rockler. Here's some pics of tables made from glued up panels.

The panels float in the frame. Th large table has two pabels with a
frame piece separating them down the middle.

About 7 years old and no dropped turkeys making them fall apart ;-)

Well, they are in a route. I made floating tenons to go in the end
frames and glued the edges of the panels to the frame, but but just glue
in the center of the end of the panel on the small table and on the
center frame end of the panels on the large table. The aprons are also
screwed to the frame pieces with elongated holes in the end apron pieces.

I've been really surprised that the side frames don't seem to have moved
much with respect to the end frame pieces, if at all. Might have
something to do with the Arizona desert climate.


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