Andrew DePalma
05-13-2016, 2:33 PM
Hey All,
Designing a new table and am wondering if I am going to have a wood movement issue here and would love some thoughts. First let me say that I feel like I know enough to be paranoid about wood movement after reading Bruce Hoadley's "understanding wood" book so thought I would get a couple other eyes on it.
My primary concern with this design is the beam running through the arches. It is going to be 4 inches and tangential expansion and contraction will be happening on the vertical/y axis. 3 questions:
Will the movement across the 4 inch beam be enough to cause warping or cracking in either the arches or the table top?
If I were going to make the beam "float" in the channel carved out of the arches (to avoid any wood movement issues on the arches) to give the beam room to expand with 4) 3/4" dowels running through the arches on each side, would that be enough support to keep the table stable or is that just a bad design idea?
If you need me to illustrate my idea in question 2 I can do that and repost. Just let me know. Thanks for the help! 337392
Designing a new table and am wondering if I am going to have a wood movement issue here and would love some thoughts. First let me say that I feel like I know enough to be paranoid about wood movement after reading Bruce Hoadley's "understanding wood" book so thought I would get a couple other eyes on it.
My primary concern with this design is the beam running through the arches. It is going to be 4 inches and tangential expansion and contraction will be happening on the vertical/y axis. 3 questions:
Will the movement across the 4 inch beam be enough to cause warping or cracking in either the arches or the table top?
If I were going to make the beam "float" in the channel carved out of the arches (to avoid any wood movement issues on the arches) to give the beam room to expand with 4) 3/4" dowels running through the arches on each side, would that be enough support to keep the table stable or is that just a bad design idea?
If you need me to illustrate my idea in question 2 I can do that and repost. Just let me know. Thanks for the help! 337392