aluminum or steel?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

UHMW tape is pretty amazing. If it is stuck on good hard wood I would expect a long operational life without the need for steel or aluminum. We stuck UHMW tape to MDF and used it against the table saw top, wood, other MDF, and Lexan. It lasted for several years of daily use in a factory environment. Your table sounds like a neat project. I posted an old video of a Scottish maker displaying his butterfly leaf a while back. I can't find it just now.

This is not the one but it is good.

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Maurice, I have watched this video a dozen times, at least. It was one of the things that inspired me to build one. My wife and I are at an age that getting the extensions up and down the stairs from our utility room is getting more difficult. I wanted new project to give me something to do and this table is it.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

The butterfly leaf is so clever! That will be a neat project!