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I have started a project to build a small display table for a pitcher and basin set I picked up from a local thrift store. This is my first time building a table of any size, so as they say, "you learn from your mistakes". I anticipate I will learn a lot from this project. I don't know if I have posted on my trip to Tulsa, so if this is a repeat, please bear with me. Last Saturday, I made a trip down to the Tulsa Woodcraft to purchase a 2"x6"x18" granite plate to aid in sharpening, checking flatness, etc. I think I did post this in the hand tool forum, but it is relevant to this project. I got the plate, and I was hoping to get 4 pieces of padauk 3/4"x3"x24" for the aprons around the table top, but they didn't have those sizes in stock, so I wound up with a piece of 8/4 padauk, 107"x5 1/2". So I have some re-sawing and other milling to do, but I will still have some padauk left over for another project. My plans include walnut for the legs, and a simulated ebony inlay about 1 inch in from the edges. I say simulated, because I am going to miter some trim pieces around the top, with a 1/8" piece of ebony sandwiched between the trim pieces and the top. In the picture of the glue-up set-up, you can see the granite plate, which I am using to get a flush edge on the ebony and padauk pieces along one edge, and I can trim the other edge flush after the glue dries. I am using Titebond hide glue to extend my open time due to the complexity of the set-up. Also using waxed paper to prevent gluing the pieces to the granite. The basin has a circular recess in the bottom, so I am going to cut a round "registration" piece to glue to the table top to fit in to the bottom of the basin, hopefully preventing the basin from sliding off. .
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I've used hide glue before to make some small boxes with no stress on the joints when finished. This project there may be some stress on them and I don't want them coming apart. The reason I used it before is the long open time so I can get all the sides and joints adjusted. Is this a good choice or should I use the normal Titebond?
