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SonomaProducts.com wrote:
>> My questions are, what's holding the tops to the ends in tables #1,
>> #2 & #4 and how is seasonal wood movement in #1, #2 and #3 being
>> handled? In #1, I could see top clips to handle movement but I can't
>> see that they would make a very strong (non-wobbly) connection of
>> top to sides.
>
> Looks to me like it is all likely built up of ply, mdf or particle
> board and veneered or laminated.

I think #4 could be, maybe #1 too (though it looks more like it was built up
from solid pieces) but not #2 & #3. Number 2 especially looks like solid
wood, especially at the end of the small table in the lower left. Hard to
tell though, resolution isn't very good.

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On Jan 14, 2:16=A0pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My questions are, what's holding the tops to the ends in tables #1, #2 =
& #4
> > and how is seasonal wood movement in #1, #2 and #3 being handled? =A0In=
#1, I
> > could see top clips to handle movement but I can't see that they would =
make
> > a very strong (non-wobbly) connection of top to sides.
>
> Looks to me like it is all likely built up of ply, mdf or particle
> board and veneered or laminated.

That's what I think too....

> My questions are, what's holding the tops to the ends in tables #1, #2 & =
#4
> and how is seasonal wood movement in #1, #2 and #3 being handled? =A0In #=
1, I
> could see top clips to handle movement but I can't see that they would ma=
ke
> a very strong (non-wobbly) connection of top to sides.

Looks to me like it is all likely built up of ply, mdf or particle
board and veneered or laminated.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:20:26 -0500, "dadiOH" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Here is a photo of four tables, numbered 1-4
>http://mysite.verizon.net/xico/pix/tables.JPG
>I'm trying to figure out two things.
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>
>Number 1 and 4 have no rails and the tops appear to be solid wood (#4 might
>be veneer but that is unimportant if true).
>
>Tables #2 & #3 also appear to have solid tops; table 3 has end rails; I
>would guess that table #2 does not. The top of table #3 overlaps end and
>side rails and is notched around the legs so the legs stand a bit proud of
>the top..
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>
>My questions are, what's holding the tops to the ends in tables #1, #2 & #4

#1, possibly mortised into the top. Maybe with a plate screwed to the
top of the legs and then the plate fits into a mortise in the top and
is screwed up into it.
#2, it's hard to tell with the straight on view
#4, spline in the miter


>and how is seasonal wood movement in #1, #2 and #3 being handled?

#1, the grain is going in the same direction. There might be
breadboard ends on it, it kind of looks like there is but it might
just be compression artifacts.

#2, hard to tell. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't take movement
into consideration at all.

#3, it's probably edge banded plywood, particle board and is just
attached directly to the rails.

-Kevin