I am building a large dining table out of poplar. Would love some feedback on my plan:
1. Table top is 9'x4' and 1.5" thick after jointing and planing. Edge gluing the main panel.
2. Plan on doing 8" breadboard ends with a 2" full width slot style mortise & tenon to attach.
3. Cutting the tenon with a guide and a router, then fine tuning with a hand plane.
4. Cutting the mortise with a spiral upcut router bit using a router edge guide and an additional piece of wood clamped to the edge to provide a larger surface for the router to move along.
5. Will glue about 4-6 inches of the center of the tenon and use dowels with elongated holes to fasten the remainder of the piece to allow for wood movement.
I guess one of my main concerns is the strength of the breadboard. Plus, any additional feedback is welcome!
Here are some detailed images/plans (in the close-up images of the M&T I hid some of the surfaces to reveal the internal design):
Table 02.jpg
Table 01.jpg
Table Plan 01.jpg
MnT Image.jpg
MnT Layout.jpg