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Hey guys, I bet someone on here can help me with this. I am trying to make a table for a friend. I have a self centering dowel jig but only one 3/8 pin. Do you think I will be able to line up my holes accurately with only one pin or should I go out and get some more pins. I was thinking I might be able to take it out and move it from hole to hole, but I guess Ideally I'd have one pin in each hole and press them all at once. Also any other dowel jointing tips would be appreciated.
I took your post as a table leaf, not a simple glue up.
Thanks PEG and all. I appreciate the feedback and compliments. I did use dowels between the boards, and it was quite time consumeing, so I'd definitly consider skipping next time around if they don't add much. I don't have a jointer so I do have some very small cracks between my board but nothing too offensive. The bread board ends do not have any jointing, but I could take them off and use dowels as I didn't use glue to attach them. I was thinking of them more as a means to keep the table flat and give the glue/dowls some re-inforcement if anything else. To tell you the truth I didn't even know what that was called a breadboard edge. I also though it would serve to make the table look more solid because from the top you might think it's a 1.5 inch thick surface. I had planned to attach the aprons using scrap pieces with screws through from 2 directions, into the skirt and into the underside surface. I am going to center the skirting on the legs. so i will not be able to screw into the breadboard edge. My plan for allowing for wood expansion/contraction was to seal the surface with minwax poly so as to lock in the moisture content. I just opened my minwax and it is rock solid so plan B was to buy some waterlox which I read about in a Fine Homebuilding article on makeing wood counter tops. I have a hard time bringing myself to paint wood, even though it is just poplar I think with the right finish the grain can really shine. I am open to suggestions for allowing for movement. I had not thought it would be too much of a problem. I am going to the library in about a half hour so i will look for some of those books. I love Green & Greene style so hopefully I can find that one.