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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 347293, member: 54&quot;]Today:&nbsp; The two oak leaves we had glued together were glued to the four oak slats we had bolted on top of the frame, and the two blue boxes, each with 150 lbs of weights inside, were placed on top as the glue set.&nbsp; The orange machine is a 1000-lb. capacity hydraulic die lifter we use to lift most things over 50 lbs.; it is pedal-pumped.&nbsp; Another in that room is powered by a car battery and has forks for lifting, not a platform.&nbsp; Much faster lifting with it.&nbsp; 300 lbs of weight, should be plenty, right?&nbsp; Silly me!&nbsp; A few hours after the pic was taken I checked underneath and saw light through the middle 1/2 of the two glue joints in foreground and opposite.&nbsp; This isn’t a practical problem because even a partial glue joint will be much stronger than required, since there’s no stress involved in that area.&nbsp; But it bothered my desire for all the workmanship to be perfect.&nbsp; So I slid both weight boxes a quarter way around the table from what’s pictured, so they’d&nbsp; be pushing down directly on those evil separations.&nbsp; If that doesn’t improve the two joints we’ll just lay the table on its side and pour some glue in where the light shows thru, even though that isn’t necessary for any strength issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117266[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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