Wood Glue on Endgrain.

[Petertaylor]

The photo is a table we saw in a restaurant. I am making one like it. The challenge is attaching the angle braces to the flat surfaces. All told there are ten braces. Would just glue hold?  I could drive pegs or screws through the angled ends, but prefer a cleaner look. 
Thanks for your thoughts.

[stav]

I wouldn't trust those areas to glue alone. They are begging for mortise and tenon. Just think of the racking forces on those spots every time someone stands up from the table and uses it as a brace or whatever.

[FrankAtl]

I agree with stav, mortise and tenon is preferable, maybe dowels if you're not comfortable with that. Just glue has no chance.

[rwe2156]

Why not screw or dowel from the bottom?

[DieselDennis]

Why not screw or dowel from the bottom?

I was thinking the same thing. Along with glue.

[Gary G™]

I would use mortise and tenon.
It’s a good place to do floating tenons.

[kurt18947]

I would use mortise and tenon.
It’s a good place to do floating tenons.

I was thinking the same but unless I had a Domino ( I don't) I'd probably go with one or more dowels. Yes I know mortise & tenon joints can be cut without a Domino but with one piece straight and the other angled it seems like it'd be pretty tricky to cut.

[fredhargis]

I was thinking the same thing. Along with glue.

That was the first thing that came to my mind, screws from the bottom.

[Petertaylor]

Thank you for helping me think this through. I ended up using screws from underneath and a biscuit joiner where the angle abuts the table leg. Cut 40 degrees in the endgrain of the angle. It works.