Originally Posted by
Don Stephan
Perhaps I'm too old and uneducated, but for me an assembly table does not get holes drilled in it, which could get glue along their edges. When gluing I use clamping cauls and bar clamps, and check for square by measuring the diagonals. Planing faces and edges is done on a Klaus style workbench.
My assembly table is a torsion box, with a 1/4" x 4' x 8' melamine foil sheet lightly screwed to the top of the torsion box. I did wonder if the foil surface would be durable enough, but after about 6 or 8 years it is still in good condition.