I'm building some tables for a brewery. The are a mix of a simple pine top with a welded base. The goal is to have a table that is 24' long using 4 6' tables. I'm at odds if I want to include some type of clamp to join the tables and if I want to use a dowel to align them when they are together. My thought is that if I do a clamp it will hold them together nicely, but what about when they aren't together? Won' the clamp just dangle?
The tables are 6' x 3'.
This is the clamp I had in mind: http://www.mcmaster.com/#draw-latches/=14ab9yg
The link isn't working correctly. It is a pull action toggle clamp.
What would you use? Dowels? Clamps? Other options?