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12 January 2023 at 6:09 am
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Why would you glue the siding dovetail? The whole point of the sliding dovetail is to allow the table top to expand / contract. If you wanted to hide the grooves from prying fingers, then you can cut them as stopped joints, or cheat a bit and rip the two outside pieces of the table top lengthwise, edge glue the rest of the table top, cut a through groove across the bottom of the top, fit the sliding parts, then glue the two outside pieces back on.