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Thanks They'll be no rotational stress but quite a lot of vertical stress, so perhaps taking wood from the long grain of the top of the T is a bad idea. That price will have the most vertical load.

Hi This is a very basic question but I can't find anything about it online. To what extent does removing wood for a joint, e.g. Half the width for a cross lap joint, affect the strength of the timber? Obviously it creates a weak point. But how much does the other piece of wood that fills the...

Thanks Bob, you've been very helpful. I got some straight boards today. I suppose at about £3 a piece, it's not the end of the world if you have to buy a few extra.

Interestingly, two of the CLS aprons/rails have twisted, one is unusable. I haven't joined them yet thankfully. I have a couple more that look ok to replace them though. How long does it take, generally, for wood to acclimatise to its new environment? I've kept mine in the house for a few days...

Thanks again for the replies. Yes, the longitudinal support is needed for the chevron/herringbone pattern. The floor pieces are 14mm thick. Perhaps the double CLS centre is a bit much. I certainly wasn't planning to put a tank on it. Perhaps a 1 x 4 inch plank in the horizontal plane would...

Thank you all for your comments and I've taken them on board. I'll continue with the CLS for now as I can't spare the time to go backwards (9 week old baby and toddler at home), and I've had fairly good success with one haunched M&T joint, plus good success with the other mortises so far...

Thank you Bob. I'll crack on with my CLS then. I thought the pine may dent a bit, but like you said, I didn't want to spend too much with my limited skills. The other benefit for me using ticker aprons is more surface for the floor boards to sit on.

Hi, I'm new to woodworking, and this forum. I'm trying to make a dining table. The top will be tongue and groove engineered flooring (chevron pattern) the legs are 69 x 69 mm white wood, and I was going to make the 'rails'(?) out of CLS studwork 38x 63 mm with the 38 mm plane at the top. I'm...