I plan on making a farmhouse dining table for a friend, and wanted to check here first to make sure I'm not overlooking anything. There will be one fat leg on each end with a board on top to secure to the table top. There will be a stringer between the legs towards the feet. Pretty typical design (see image for a very simplified drawing of the type of table). The top will be edge-glued planks.
This design shouldn't have much of an issue with expansion since the stringer and table top, being made from the same species, should expand/contract at the same rate, right? I'd hate to have an issue where the top expands more than the bottom and weakens/cracks joints after a few years.
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