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Thanks, that tells me how wide the boards are. How thick are they and what kind of wood is it?
Got it (for us neanderthals, pretty close to 1-1/8" thick by 5-1/4" wide). Assuming this is young-growth redwood and that your relative humidity swings from approximately 25% to 90%, winter to summer, then you can expect each board to expand approximately 0.5 to 1.0 mm. So if your table top consists of 6 boards, you could get between 3 and 6 mm of expansion. If you screw the breadboard to the two center boards, then on the next two boards, you should elongate your hole by 1 mm. On the next set, by 2 mm, etc. to allow for expansion. That should prevent your breadboards from blowing up your table top. If you're worried about strength due to the oversize holes, you can add (unglued) dowels in elongated holes to provide more vertical strength to the breadboards. Hope this helps.
Yes, the top is going to expand and contract along the breadth of the boards. That will occur at the ends (where the breadboards are located) AND at the center. The best way to address this when securing the top to your aprons is to use buttons to attach the top to the aprons. Here is a link to an article that discusses the use of buttons and instructions on how to make and install them yourself. You can also select from a wide variety of table top fasteners that will secure the top to the aprons but allow for expansion and contraction, e.g. "figure 8 fasteners."
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