Hi all,
I am making a dining table that will fit 8 people comfortably and probably 10 people if you don't mind feeling cramped. The top dimensions are 96 inches x 40 inches x 2 inches thick
The legs (I'm planning) have the dimensions shown below. I'm curious of your thoughts from whatever angle you'd like to review. However, I think one of my biggest concerns are the joints between the vertical legs and the horizontal parts of the legs. I want to be sure they are strong enough AND the wood movement won't be a problem. I'm not planning on pinning, just gluing as bridle joints. Maybe the vertical legs should be males instead of females (make sense, now that I think about it)?
The leg pieces (as I'm visualizing) will be made from three pieces, each 3/4" thick, glued together (2 1/4" total). Maybe just better to buy some 10/4's and make them out of one. I'm not sure. The original idea was that I wouldn't need to use a dado blade or router to make the bridle joints if I made all the layered pieces the same thickness, plus it might have a neat visual effect. I could shoulder plane as needed to get the male tenon the right size. See photos below. I have only drawn the female so far.
The vertical legs would have grain going up. The horizontal pieces would have grain going along table length. That's probably obvious, I guess.
Plan was to cut the radii on a bandsaw and orbital sand it down.
Any and all thoughts welcome.
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