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   Samson | Jul 19, 2007 08:25pm | #1

   Are the leaves going to go at the ends or at the middle (pull apart table halves)?  If they're gong at the ends, having their grain run the width of the table might be a kind of nice design element (like big breadbaord ends). 

   I think most leaves have grain runnning the width due to strength considerations - ie.e., a baord will break easier along it's grain than across it.

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   SteveV | Jul 19, 2007 11:21pm | #2

   They will be going in the middle.  I see the strength point I just hate tables where the boards run the width instead of length.

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   citrouille | Jul 20, 2007 12:00am | #3

   Nobody forces you to run the grain perpendicular to the length of the table but you will have a seam in the middle that will make it look weird and stand out if it crosses the grain.
   Make a little scale model and look at it, see if you like it and if your client likes it.C.

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   ring | Jul 20, 2007 12:41pm | #4

   Steve, if this is the same table you asked about in the "Company Boards" post, then yes they need to run crosswise.

   David Ring

   http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e

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   HowardAcheson | Jul 21, 2007 08:41pm | #5

   If you don't run the boards across the table, you will have to content with the width of the table expanding and contracting with seasonal changes in relative humidity. Unless you make your insertable leaves with the grain running in the same direction as the table itself, you will have mismatches and line-up problems when you go to insert the leaves.

   Howie.........
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   SteveV | Jul 22, 2007 07:30pm | #6

   Good point.  I think I have decided on using extensions to add a leaf at the ends of the table.