I have two black walnut slabs 20"W x 96"L x 2"t and then I want to put another piece of wood between them to get a roughly 4 foot wide table. I will be gluing them all together but being a big table top i want to make sure its supported really well.
First question would be what tone wood should I put in the middle, really dark, really light, or try to match the black walnut tone?
Secondly I have two train of thoughts for supports. Either make a couple dado cuts about 3/4" deep width wise and nail in a hardwood board OR just make a 2x4 support system underneath the top. If I was going with the 2x4 route I would make them out of 1x4 oak boards and glue together for nice straight supports?
I'm really new to big woodworking so any help would be much needed? Thank you.
First question would be what tone wood should I put in the middle, really dark, really light, or try to match the black walnut tone?
Secondly I have two train of thoughts for supports. Either make a couple dado cuts about 3/4" deep width wise and nail in a hardwood board OR just make a 2x4 support system underneath the top. If I was going with the 2x4 route I would make them out of 1x4 oak boards and glue together for nice straight supports?
I'm really new to big woodworking so any help would be much needed? Thank you.