Many thanks @Dave-1 for the sketching, it becomes much clearer now. Have to say this is a pretty new way of thinking I would not have thought of. Alth ...

Thanks @Dave-1 for writing up and presents the picture. Ok, so the second layer and outermost layer of timber boards are the bread, the U shaped metal ...

@Dave-1 my bad misunderstood. I probably do the dowels and see how it feels first. The L shaped metal bracket though, is it sit at the outer layer of ...

yea, @EricL , it is a sidetable more for living room decoration and aesthetic improvement, I'd not plan to have the table capable of supporting lots o ...

Yay @Dave-1 , believe the L shaped bracket you thinking is not metal but timber. I feel like it can be hard to put it in (sandwich the corner bit of o ...

@EricL , the tabletop is solid pieces of strips joined together. The gaps is in the tableside only. My thinking is only the four legs (which are part ...

Hi @Dave-1 , yes, good point in lateral movement. My plan is a upside down U where tablesides are on two sides, to tackle lateral movement, my thought ...