I started with rough cut cherry from up state New York 10 plus inches wide. surfaced planed to just under 1 inch. jointed one side to true up set table saw to get max with then jointed the cut side and checked the with and trued each piece used biscuits to join the cherry clamped and let dry sanded the top and bottom to suit trimmed the end and rounded over with router the apron is made of 5/4 yellow pine she wanted to paint it. with the top down I took a pieces of scrap 4x4 as that is what the legs will be the apron is 31/2 inches in I put the 4x4 on the corners the apron to the 4x4 about 3/4 inch from outside edge determined length of apron pieces clamped a straight edge as backer and set apron with the kreg system cut 4 pieces of 5/4 9 inches with 45's on each end these went in each corner and attached to the apron the legs are attached with 2 each 5/16 lag bolts through the corner pieces to pull the leg to the apron finished with 5 coats of poly READY FOR A LATE SUPPER This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless! To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture. Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------