After doing that, I milled the "under-aprons" which beef up the thickness of both aprons. Each got planed on the face that was crowning, then straight-lined and ripped. I clamped one apron in place onto the legs and marked the under-apron to fit between the legs.
Next, we glued up each of the two under-aprons to its corresponding apron using PVA glue (Titebond original). We had to work fast. I spread the glue onto the planed side of the under-apron, flipped it into place, put two clamps on, adjusted it to be flush on what will be the top edge, & drove two screws in to hold the alignment. Then I repeated the process on the other pair.
After gluing and screwing both sets, we stacked them up and began putting clamps on. While that was setting up, I glued and screwed the new top braces into the leg assemblies with Little Brown glue.
Next will be getting the top pieces planed, ripped, and cut to length, then glued up to their "under-top" pieces like I did with the under-aprons.
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| Clamping apron to legs to check fit and to use for marking under-aprons |
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| Clamping apron to legs to check fit and to use for marking under-aprons |
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| Clamping glued aprons and under-aprons |
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| Leg assemblies with top brace installed |
