bbaude Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Howdy folks, My niece is in need of a table to somewhat match a set of chairs she already has. She is in college and money is tight for her. I've attached a picture of the chairs. I think the table will end up being relatively small because it would be for an apartment. I'm working on sizes now. I havent personally seen the chairs up close but looks like red oak to me. I could benefit from your advice/commentary on things like: I'm contemplating two leaves should she get a bigger place or want to expand the table. I've read that it is typical for tables with leaves to have the grain for short-wise? When doing leaves, any tricks or pointers (or urls or videos) to making sure stuff lines up ? I havent seen this done, but i can imagine that people certainly have found techniques that work for them. When the grain goes short-wise, that sure exposes a lot of end grain. Are we cool with that? I dont veneer. And I'm always interested in the wwyd (what would you do). Thanks in advance folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barron Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 My dining table has leaves and the grain runs short wise. There is end grain showing, but just sand the end grain a couple of grits higher than the rest. I didn’t build this table and it has a fairly heavy duty chain drive making expanding and closing the table easier. The leaves store under the table when not in use. I’d check and see if Rockler or Lee Valley sells the Hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbaude Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Has the edge been routed with some some of pattern as well? There appears to be a good selection of hardware from Rockler for guides and the like. I like the idea to store the leaves under the table! Thanks for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 About the leaves. Check out Osborne at Osborne slides at https://www.osbornewood.com/table-slides.aspx. There is a how-to video on their sight and info on picking the right size. Really fairly simple if you take your time and get them aligned right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Osbourne slides work quite well. I have used them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbaude Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Can you guys recommend any instruction on how to line up the leaves and so forth using dowels etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 33 minutes ago, bbaude said: Can you guys recommend any instruction on how to line up the leaves and so forth using dowels etc? http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=40145&cat=3,43586,43588,40145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 There are a couple options you could use dowel centers to transfer the location and then use a product like shane posted. I've also used these align and lock things on a desk project with dominos and they were remarkably strong and effective. If the question is how to get everything even with edges lining up perfectly. If it's possible i'd leave the top slightly oversized and trim it after it's all together with a track saw or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbaude Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 @Chestnut your align and lock link doesnt work for me... mind double checking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 1 hour ago, bbaude said: Can you guys recommend any instruction on how to line up the leaves and so forth using dowels etc? This video should help you with the alignment pins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barron Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yes, it has a simple edge treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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