I have been working on a zebra coffee table. Its about 36 x 80". I carefully selected the boards at the yard . They are all cut from one tree and I managed to find a book matched pair with an "Eye" and placed it dead center in the width. Good design is dependendent on careful selection of materials and use. The sides and short ends are built up from a rip miter. The Sawstop and Boardbuddies yielded perfect results and everything is dead on at 90 degrees with no gaps. The board buddies play an inportant part keeping the material flat on the table giving a consistent cut. The end miters were cut on the bandsaw and with great accuracy as well using my auxialary table and a miter gauge a couple of clamps and keeping my finger crossed
The sort end cap pieces cannot be glued since the wood will want to expand and zebra moves a bit... So they are held by splines that will be wenge as I reach the next stage. These were also cut on the bandsaw and the waste remove with a chisel and mallet. Notice the wedge paring technique. With the short ends held in clamps for alignment only...no glue the long side were glued this morning.
This project is simple enough with plenty of places to screw up if your not careful. Rip miter glue ups are a key technique in furniture making as is the splined miters so there is some new stuff here