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Personally I’ve never had an issue with the glue expanding etc….maybe I’m mean with the glue 😂😂

Scribe a groove down the dowel …the excess glue will then have an escape route

The slabs being milled were all seasoned and when checked during milling were between 11-14% moisture 😀 as promised here are some pics Beech - 2 slabs of 2400 x 580 x 40mm ….the original 100mm thick slab had twists & bows so the best plan was to take the live edges off then cut it into the...

If you have evidence of the original cost/spec of the kitchen fight it out with your insurance Co - you have paid premiums etc and they are required to replace like fir like etc

Your location might also help with us identifying suitable sources too Jon

Been out most of today getting some of my stored up slabs on a mill - found a great guy in Lancashire … Treecycle2020 aka Keith who has a portable mill and two Alaskan chainsaw mills that can cut up to 5ft boards. Took my slabs of oak, beech and chesnut beech slab 2400 x 900 x100 so the 6...

Heard one today …someone overheard discussing a table with a spalted beech top -“I wonder how long it took for him to draw that pattern on it” 😱😱😱😱😱

Nice curve to the long edges gives it style 👍

My dads brother would always refer to himself as a ‘coach builder’ …time served when buses etc had wooden frames etc.

Happy new year to everyone

Running Spikes have different lengths

I was in a Tesla during a trip to Holland earlier this year - the wood trim in a Tesla looked like the ‘wood’ fitted to Austin Montego Van den Plas models in the early 80’s 😱😱😱

Did a quick favour for a friend of ours …… she can’t bend down to move the door wedge - so a quick make of a wedge ( spalted oak) with a dowel handle/ beech knob, finished off with my home brew wax.

And your point is

Zip ties would be an easy option too

Needs tightly binding with a continuous thread leaving probably 20mm at either end unbound https://s3.amazonaws.com/theBarn/Articles/Tools/Williams%2CDon-Practical_Hints_for_Using_Your_Polissoir.pdf

I have a trusty Wolf belt sander that was a copy of the Makita 9401 ….its a heavy monster and unlikely ever to fail

Build a milling rig to take my recently acquired 2300 x 800 mm beech slab and produce a table for my eldest and one to sell. A few other tables to make to hopefully exhibit & sell in the summer

Too long imho …the spikes are needed to stop the meat moving not be the slaughter device !!!

There will be still voids around a drive in version. You could carefully tap out the wood and secure the spikes in (which are stainless) with some acrylic to seal it in