Rob Price
04-09-2016, 9:19 AM
A friend tore out his ~100yr old kitchen and saved all the rough cut pine joists/beams etc and I've been able to trade some shop time/turned bowls/pens for the lumber. I plan on making a simple farm table, 72x39 or so to fit a breakfast nook we have. Traditional legs and apron style. My question is whether or not to make the legs removable. I've made coffee and end tables with M&T joints between the apron and legs. Strong as a rock. But once I do that the legs/apron are forever one piece. I wonder with something as big as a table if it would be better to be able to break it down for moving if that day were to come. I don't plan on moving any time soon but you never know.
I I could make the end sections M&T and find a way to make the long sections of the apron removable.
I thought about dovetail slots- the apron could slide into the tops of the legs and then secure with an angled piece screwed into the apron from behind.
Or i or I bite the bullet, make it solid, and worry about moving it when the time comes.
I I could make the end sections M&T and find a way to make the long sections of the apron removable.
I thought about dovetail slots- the apron could slide into the tops of the legs and then secure with an angled piece screwed into the apron from behind.
Or i or I bite the bullet, make it solid, and worry about moving it when the time comes.