update 1/22/09
I got the Nubench Apron cut to length and rebated for the legs. Apron is one of the 10 inch by 1 3/4 inch Pin oak timbers that I didn't use to make the top. I sawed kerfs just short of the depth needed and then broke them off and used my Tenon Router to clean them up to the proper depth.
The tops of the 2 legs the Apron will span were also rebated so that the Apron will be flush with them and the top to give me the widest possible foot print for stability.
I kerfed and broke away the waste on the legs, then used my Tenon Router to pare away the waste, but on the legs due to the length of the rebate (10 inches), I did half first, then did the second half so as not to get a taper to the rebates.
I have found out that when routing tenons or rebates crossgrain that skewing the cutter and taking small cuts that I get a shearing action and thus smoother cuts even in this extremely hard old salvaged oak I am using.
I also got the bottom stretcher for the opposite side between the legs done. I am figureing the Apron will give enough stability that I won't need a stretcher at the bottom on the front side.
Jr. 
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