Quick and easy way to attach your table top

An easy way to hold down a table top and allow for expansion and contraction of wood.

[@darinking1343]

Yeah, the router trick, nice... Thanks, great video, loved how simple you made it look, and yet, how it will do the job!!!

[@keto4life197]

I knew it would be useful some day. Thanks for at great video saved some wood and solved a problem in a brilliant way.

[@ShowYouOnceAgain]

Im so glad you posted this video because i saw the one on making the top so that left me wondering how to attach. excellent information from you again. thanks so much

[@MrBAchompBAchomp]

Anyone who has a professional tool like this $1100 domino already knows how to attach a table top

[@TeamProsperity]

You can also use a bisque slot and Rockler sells those little Z brackets which work perfectly

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

Yes .. i didn't even know about them. Certainly easier.

[@foxglovemead]

Watched this and your previous video. Last comment said that it was NOT easiest/fastest or expensive way. I disagree because watching a video and learning is free - like “measure twice and then cut once”. There is no need to use a Festool biscuit jointer because there are many cheaper alternatives for the average DIYer (so it need not be expensive). Also, you explained an alternative using a router. Since that’s probably one of the most essential purchases for most projects there is no additional expense. Lastly, you got the job done quickly- so what’s not to like? Any idea can be adapted with a little thought so, using and adapting the idea really could make the easiest/fastest method depending upon one’s own ability. Did you make it clear that the centre line of the table can be screwed - then the table can be lifted/moved when grasping the top without straining the cleats underneath. Adding support at ends and also along front and back too? The router used might be (better) positioned inside pointing out as the idea is to add the slots inside of the top rails (where they won’t show).One simple “improvement” is to plan and add the slots to the table rails before assembling the base because any jigs can be easily supported in a Vise. Slots can also be cut closer to the corners if they are added before assembly. Simon

[@tobba748]

Could be wrong here, but is that best practice for using a table saw, from a safety point of view? I was in cold sweats just watching...

[@jefferygivens9993]

That made me cringe as well. Standing directly behind and reaching over a spinning saw blade is asking to lose digits and/or get a hunk of wood kicked back right into your abdomen. Please use a push stick and stand on the other side of the fence.

[@jmarcant616]

So what keeps the table from moving when leaned on?

[@miked.author3274]

Definitely NOT the easiest, fastest or least expensive method of attaching a table top that will expand and contract. You do not need a Festool or a router.

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

+Mike D. Author There's more than one way to skin a cat. A router is not necessarily expensive. I bought my first router at a pawn shop for $25. The video was mostly aimed at people that are attaching bread board ends with pocket screws. That's obviously not going to work. What's your preferred method?

[@daveg1747]

Termite Woodwerx loo

[@MarkAdamsOnline]

Thanks for this video! I watched your first video and was hoping that you'd make this one. I subscribed also. Keep it up!

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

+Mark Adams Awesome! Thank you for your kind comments. I've got some other ideas to work on soon. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see.

[@LouNeptune]

Thanks

[@designxyz5007]

Reaching over a spinning blade with no guard, nice😬

[@buggs33v]

Very nicely done tutorial. I like seeing more uses for the Domino Festool. Wish I could afford one. ha Keep up the new projects. Audio and video are excellent. For now I'll use the table top fasteners and my biscuit joiner. I can certainly see the value of the domino on large/heavy table tops! Thanks

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

I saved up for a long time to get it. It's hard to justify it since I don't do this for a living. I don't get as much time in the garage as I'd like to get. So, with the times savings of the domino machine, I'm able to make the most of my time. I love it.

[@ejayallgood376]

Attach a tabletop to its base! just simply spend hundreds of dollars on a domino!

[@CogentConsult]

Would’ve been better had you made those domino slots in the frame double-wide.

[@healthnut3433]

These tables are attractive, but where is a person who sits at the end supposed to put their feet? Thank you.

[@chrisc4678]

On the floor

[@geodezix]

Congratulations for doing a great job of explaining how to correctly attach a wooden tabletop to anything that's solid. How many KZbin videos have I seen where someone screws the top to the skirt and a month later it cracks? Also, you make the mortise and the block with a chisel.

[@shogun678]

geo dezix How many have you seen Crack?

[@geodezix]

@shogun78, two cracked tabletops, here's one: plus.google.com/photos/photo/103754471497291178620/6498423523933226610?authkey=CJXOnOny-a_flQE

[@shogun678]

geo dezix I see. That sucks. I build tables now using the proper hold downs, but years ago I made the beginner error of screwing the top directly to the frame. I still have a few of the console tables I did that with and I've been lucky that they haven't actually cracked anywhere.

[@geodezix]

@shogun678, yes, they don't all crack. Some of it depends on where you live. Here in the south, more changes in humidity means more likely to crack. I've noticed the smaller the tabletop, the more likely it will crack. The colonial furniture makers used hold-downs on everything, that's what I do.

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

+geo dezix your region and climate play a huge role in wood movement. Another problem is that most people are buying their wood at home depot. Most of the construction grade lumber is saturated with moisture. You then pour a piece of furniture together and the wood naturally starts to dry out. It's starts to shrink and then boom... crack. Furniture grade lumber that you buy at a hardwood supplier has either been air dried for like 10 years, or has been dried in a kiln. Its much more stable wood. Regardless of which wood you use for your project, it's always a good practice to purchase your material and leave it I your garage for about a month so it has time to acclimate to your area weather and humidity. Even better is to have a moisture meter and test the wood over a period of a couple weeks and make sure the moisture content isn't fluctuating. You shouldn't build anything with it until it's stable.

[@evashiker12]

Thanks, your video gave me an idea of how to do it without glue and screw

[@curtisblaggtx]

wow, I am wanting to build a Farm house table and been watching videos for weeks now. I have watched more than I can even remember and have never seen anyone do it this way at all. I been reading comments about the wood warping and cracking 2 days to 2 years down the road. The Breadboard coming away and I was getting real discouraged about trying to do one. After watching your 2 videos I am in awe of the technique use. It is more work than I was hoping for but I can see the reason now. I hope you make many more videos on how to make things, your methods are awesome. Would love to see the finished table.

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

+curtis blagg... first of all... Don't be discouraged. Sure, it's extra work, but you can do it. I'm not a professional woodworker and I can do it. So can you. If it takes another week, that's ok. At least it's your project and you will feel good about it. Second, I wish I could take credit for these methods, but I can't. I screwed up the first one, and I went in search of more information. I saw a table build by "the Wood Whisperer. " and another guy on KZbin named Jay Bates. Here's the Wood whisperer table... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGXFonh3jNmKrbs And here's one by Jay Bates... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6u3YnalfN-haMk kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5qzqKifbsSAbqs Check those guys out. I've learned a lot from them. They are way better than me. I hope you build yourself a table.

[@MuttCat131]

43 people raging trying to do diy

[@waitersluvhjy66]

Stodoys has a lot of plans to choose from.

[@granthine1031]

Easier and cheaper ways, sorry, pointless video....

[@termitewoodwerx5896]

Looking back... I agree.