Breadboards on a 6 board table

[Callowfurniture]

Hi all,

I'm in the middle of a farmhouse table and I will be using breadboard ends. It occurred to me that the table top is 6 boards wide (usually I would have 5)

Usually I glue the middle tenon and have the others just float with a draw bore dowel as standard.

But now because I essentially have 2 middle tenons (not cut yet) my questions are!

Do I glue the two center tenons and let the others float?

Do i make a tenon in the actual center using a portion of each of the two middle boards?

I'd appreciate if anyone who has used 6 boards before to give their input and results. Cheers 

[gee-dub]

I would glue the middle left and right halves of the center boards. But that's me ;-)

The boards will still expand out from center

 

[wtnhighlander]

If you are doing the dowels anyway, glue is kinda optional.

[Callowfurniture]

On 10/18/2023 at 11:58 AM, gee-dub said:

I would glue the middle left and right halves of the center boards. But that's me ;-)

The boards will still expand out from center

 

I think that's the right thing to do too. Guess I just needed someone to agree. Thank you for the comment and visual aid.

[Ronn W]

Since you glued the 6 boards together (all the way to the ends)  you really have one wide board and the tenons can straddle the joints.