I need to make a 76" table top, 16" wide out of plywood, with "breadboard" ends. My biggest clamps are 72", and it is tough to justify buying bigger clamps for one project.
There will be drawers under the center of the table; so I could screw a cleat into the center of the table and clamp from the cleat to the end with
4' clamps. I could even do both ends at the same time, so the clamps are opposing each other, rather than just pulling on the cleat. (I suppose I could also make the ends 6" and glue one on normally first, and then use the cleat for the second.)Any comments on this? Will being slightly off axis make much difference? Any other suggestion on how to clamp 78"?
Obviously I could use veneer edging tape, but will not look so great.