I am making a table out of Ribon Stripe Sapele, the dimension are 8ft long and 43 inches wide. It is all solid 8/4 lumber. I do not plan on making bread board ends and the design will pretty be the same as the image below. I have a few question.
1) Does this design need breadboard ends?
2) Base Construction, I was planning on making the joinery for the base with a Festool Domino and just making 90 degree butt joints, not like the mitered base in the picture. which way is the best wat to oriend the cube, should the vertical part support the table top directly, or should the horizontal potion lay on top of the vertical member.
3) To affix the base to the table I am thinking to use 1/2 inch thread taps (wood Whisperer) and a nice grade 5 half inch bolt and washer, elongate the hole on the width to allow for movement. I would use maybe 5 bolts per base (10 total) to prevent against the cupping or bowing of the table top, and to give some stability when my kids try and push this table all over the place.
Thanks so much for everyone's help, and any other thoughts and suggestion are greatly appreciated.