How would you attack this base to the top?
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(12-16-2021, 03:30 PM)jteneyck Wrote: ...  I try to teach him something new almost every time he undertakes a new project.  If I keep at it he may become a woodworker.  We'll see.   

John

Just teach him to use a sharp plane. He either gets it or he doesn't.
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Here's an idea, a little different take on Joe 1086's suggestion. Use 3" X 1 1/2" X 3/16' aluminum T sections let into the uprights and secured with epoxy and/or through dowels. The table top is secured with screws through the 3" flange on either side of the upright members. You can make the "T" sections as long as you like. It would be much sturdier than Z clips. Hope this makes sense.

Here's a link to the extruded aluminum T:

https://orangealuminum.com/TB61150030001...JdEALw_wcB
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(12-24-2021, 12:23 PM)TomFromStLouis Wrote: Just teach him to use a sharp plane. He either gets it or he doesn't.

First he'd need a plane.  

John
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Thanks for all the ideas; it's clear there are many potential ways to go about this.  I gave him some sketches of 1/4" x 3" x 3" aluminum plate with slotted screw holes to screw into the top of the base and let into the table top.  He can cut those on his CNC and use a simple template to route the pockets in the underside of the top.  We'll see how he does. 

I'm curious to see how he does making a trammel and using his router to cut the top into a circle.  

John
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