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I’m more concerned with rigidity than strength
The structure will be pretty rigid. The problem as I see it is the joints pulling apart over time with the day to day movement and use of a dining table. The drawing above will be pretty strong especially if you use some kind of epoxy glue to hold it all together. I'd be tempted to put some kind of metal bracket at the top and bottom of the leg for a bit of extra strength.
Bobbo
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Thanks Bobbo. Your thoughts are greatly values.
The plan is for a mid size dining table, but I’m more concerned with rigidity than strength, but wood dowels in a shallow hole is probably not good in either. I guess I’ll have to do a mock up to test.
Maybe a metal dowel through the face would be better. Small polished stainless circles might be a nice feature. But then again if I use stainless screws and polish the heads it might look just as good and could be disassembled. I think four to five dowels or screws for each leg...