The legs need to be able to be removed for moving house etc. Ideally the finished product would have a Teak-esc, mid-century look, but without using Teak as it’s very expensive!
If someone could point me in the right direction of where and how to buy materials, that’d be great!
Hi @Wood-helpers, I’m looking to use Z Clips to allow for the wood movement after looking at the sources @mbg kindly shared. Ideally i want to avoid having a thick edge under the table top, so am looking to only have the Z Clips attached to the top of the legs. My concern is this won’t be enough to stop the table top sliding, and/or the whole table wobbling.
My question is - If i use dry dowels (no glue) between in the end of the legs and the table top, would this make the Z Clips redundant, as the dowels would stop the movement that i’m trying to allow for?
You could use dowels, but I’d recommend using something to actually hold the tabletop to the legs, I’m not sure loose dowels by themselves going into slots (you wouldn’t want tight fitting dowels in more than one spot along the leg) would be enough. Dowels plus z clips or blocks would probably work; you could also route a shallow channel (5mm or so) in the bottom of the tabletop that the legs slot into (prevents sliding but wouldn’t constrict wood movement) and fix with z clips. Also instead of screwing the z clips in you can use threaded inserts and a bolt so you can retighten/take apart many times.
If you look towards the end of this post you can see how I did my coffee table: Coffee table
