Trestle Table Design Question - Knock down top attachment
 

Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

I've thought of hidden dovetail rails or simple "wooden latches" (just a
block of wood MTd into the bottom of the table top, then use a peg into a
hole on the trestle bottom)

I just want to make sure it's sturdy enough if someone needs to pick up the
table and move it or pull and slide it....

Thanks,
Chad

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:26:25 -0700, "Chad Richardson"
wrote:

Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

I've thought of hidden dovetail rails or simple "wooden latches" (just a
block of wood MTd into the bottom of the table top, then use a peg into a
hole on the trestle bottom)

I just want to make sure it's sturdy enough if someone needs to pick up the
table and move it or pull and slide it....

Thanks,
Chad



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Chad Richardson wrote:
Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

I've thought of hidden dovetail rails or simple "wooden latches" (just a
block of wood MTd into the bottom of the table top, then use a peg into a
hole on the trestle bottom)

I just want to make sure it's sturdy enough if someone needs to pick up the
table and move it or pull and slide it....

*Assuming* that the trestle is sufficiently structurally sturdy _by_itself_,
then a collection of the 'figure eight' fasteners (whatever their 'proper'
name is :) into the top of the trestle ends, and the bottom of the top,
should suffice.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:26:25 -0700, "Chad Richardson"
wrote:

Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

There's often a cleat across the underside of the table to hold it
flat.

Make this reasonably deep, put a wide and deep groove in the trestle
top to take it, and use a couple of cross-drilled holes with matching
pegs to hold it in place.
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Smert' spamionam

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:26:25 -0700, "Chad Richardson"
calmly ranted:

Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

I've thought of hidden dovetail rails or simple "wooden latches" (just a
block of wood MTd into the bottom of the table top, then use a peg into a
hole on the trestle bottom)

Sliding dovies work well, as do M&T with pegs, same as the stretchers.


I just want to make sure it's sturdy enough if someone needs to pick up the
table and move it or pull and slide it....

That's a good thing to plan for.

So you're going with the 7" overhang, are you? Are there any Alpha
Males to be seated at this table? They'll be MIGHTY ****ED at the
lack of leg- and foot-room at the GOD end of the table.


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Thanks Andy, I had the same thought last night.


"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:26:25 -0700, "Chad Richardson"
wrote:

Also, anyone have any good ideas on ways to mount the top to the trestle
portion to easily be able to knock down?

There's often a cleat across the underside of the table to hold it
flat.

Make this reasonably deep, put a wide and deep groove in the trestle
top to take it, and use a couple of cross-drilled holes with matching
pegs to hold it in place.
--
Smert' spamionam