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QUESTION: Does a table top really Need biscuits/dominoes/dowels, or is glue enough? (beehaw.org)

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Assuming proper alignment, is clamp n glue of the planks good enough joinery for long-term stability?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Iirc from various YouTubers who have tested these.

Biscuits being thin pressed wood fibers don't offer much if any strength to any joints.

Dowels and dominos can help strengthen long grain to short grain joints.

Either will help with alignment with long grain to long grain glue ups.

I can't provide sources, so take this with as many grains of salt as you wish.