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Dining Table Aprons

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I'm building an 8-foot dining table with pedestals, not four legs. The top will attach to the aprons conventionally with tabletop clips. The apron ends will be miteredat 45 degrees. Because this table won't have legs to attach the aprons to, how do I glue the mitered ends tightly together? I could add an angledbrace across the aprons and attach withpocket screws. That would tie the aprons together, but that wouldn't clampthe ends tightly for glue.
Your replys appreciated. Peter

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The lattice build has begun!!!

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You might remember in a post a few weeks ago I mentioned that I was going to rebuild the lattice above our fence? (Original Lattice picture forreference).

Well it has begun. I'm making it with dadoes vs just stapling 2 piece over each other. Here are my steps:

1) In the 2nd picture (1st pass with router), you can see the jig I made. It took a while to visualize it and build it but once I understood how it is to function, everything fell into place. The 1st pass plows out one edge of my dado.

2) I then remove "template" (not sure why I called that piece "template") and plow out the opposite grove (2nd pass with the router picture). You might notice that my jig is angled down slightly but when I rest it up against the fence, it brings it to parallel with my 5x5 post.

3) I then just clean out the waste between my 2 grooves.

4) I then move the jig down to engage the groove I just made and continue the process. You can see the key on the bottom of my jig in "2nd pass with the router" picture.

5) In "Entire post..." you can see the (aptly name) entire post with all the grooves cut. I then cut the 5x5x 8ft post down to more manageable piece (approx 30" each) and run them through the Unisaw to slice off the completed sections. Since my blade can't reach to 5", I need to flip the pieces end for end to free them.

6) I then bring the "slab" to my older TS and cut the widths of each piece, In fact, in the "Entire post..." picture you can see the fence setup for that piece.

7) "Rough Assembly" shows how the pieces are going together.

(sometimes I cheat. In "Entire post" you'll see a 2pieces of playing cards that I use along the way to make sure the keystays 90 degrees to the edge of the posts. It hasn't been an issue so far in that my grooves are fitting as you cansee in "Rough assembly"


Oh, BTW, remember the board I made "Assembly jig"that I spent the better part of a weekend making to help with the alignment of my slats? Well, I won't be using it as the pieces automatically fit together @ 90 degrees without the need for a jig. Oh well, there's 2 days in the shop I'll never get back....)

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