The trestles go up to a 6-inch-wide plywood crosspiece which is screwed a block of wood which screwed the inside of the apron. The plywood stable, no expansion due to seasonal humidity. Everything is screwed together because the trestles are SO heavy, and whenever the table is moved, of course it will be lifted by the tabletop. The breadboard ends have 3-inch deep mortise and tenons, properly pegged to allow for wood movement.
The trestles go up to a 6-inch-wide plywood crosspiece which is screwed a block of wood which screwed to the inside of the apron. The plywood, being stable, has no expansion due to seasonal humidity. Everything is screwed together because the trestles are SO heavy, and whenever the table is moved, of course it will be lifted by the tabletop. The breadboard ends have 3-inch deep mortise and tenons, properly pegged to allow for wood movement.
The rough texture on the top is because I used wormy walnut. The boards were stored in a barn at ground level for years. As a result they got “wormy.” I don’t know if it was powder post beatles, didn’t appear to be. About two years ago I asked here how to get rid of them. Jteneck replied that either a hotbox or minus zero temps would do it. Just so happened that we had a week of -10 degrees, so the boards were put outside. Working with them, building the table, it was evident there was nothing living. —Peter
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