Making a rather large cherry dining table for daughter #1. Options are no border on top, just profile; breadboard ends. Leaning toward latter. Where is the best place to learn the do and don’t of breadboard ends? Put them on a hope chest years ago, and that top is still beautifully flat. Need to know how to float them, I guess.
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February 1995
Breadboard Ends Hold Panels Flat
by Garrett Hack
Four ways to make this fundamental joint
"If you want an elegantly practical way to keep desktops, tabletops, chest lids, and other panels flat, adding breadboard ends is the way to go. Here are several methods to join boards to end-grain panels with a snug fit."
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Edited 1/31/2005 3:30 pm ET by cstan
thanks
just downloaded it.
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