Quote Originally Posted by Gene Davis View Post
Use the design you show first here, and start cutting wood.

Don't overthink this. A 1.5" slab is plenty stiff enough. Make the top first and set it atop two sawhorses and try it out. You'll see.
From the man who got me to this point with this design.

I would like to make the top first, but I would have no place to put it while I work on the base. Well that's not completely true; I guess I could do it first, put it on sawhorses, and call it our kitchen table. The main reason I'm going to work on the base first is that the piece that will go down the middle of the top is wider than I can process. I *might* be getting access to some machinery that can process that, but the timeline / availability for that is unknown. In theory I could do it with a router sled, but getting that piece to the same thickness as the others seems like a chore.