(04-02-2020, 07:35 PM)ed kerns Wrote: In a world full of coincidences, I just built a very similar box. I built mine of Walnut and figured maple. My top is glued up. Just glue. There is no need for a mechanical fastener for this kind of top. I built mine as a quarantine project to use up an interesting piece of Walnut.  I'm in Michigan and have a fair amount of cherry if you can't come up with a better solution.