dining table

[Jim & Sharon]

I have plans for a dining room table but i need to adapt it so that a leaf can be added to the center of it when needed. I found runners in the rockler catologe that will work on a fixed aprin table, Is it as easy as cutting the top in half and adding runners to the plan? What other considerations am i forgeting?

The top needs to separate fairly easy because the owner has a disability in one arm that limits her use of it.

thanks Jimmy

[Pop Rivet]

Just a newbie's opinion: I duplicated a table once in Chgo and the table was made to full size and then the leaves cut out from it; there were three leaves. That way you could assemble the leaves so the grains all matched up, meaning also that color, tint, shade, imperfections, etc. all matched up as in the pre-cut piece, plus of course the fit almost perfectly. I say almost because I got a blade-bounce in one leaf and had to sand it, creating a noticeable problem with the edge-meets. I think the right way though is to plane the pieces so the edges can all be perfect - I didn't/don't have the luxury of planers/shapers etc..

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