Breadboard ends

Given the below design which really violates the mechanical use for a breadboard, assuming that I were otherwise building a farmhouse table with pocket screws, what would be the appropriate way to ...

Breadboard ends serve the essential function of keeping tabletops flat. Gary Rogowski details four effective ways to attach them.

Cross-grain construction tends to freak out most beginning woodworkers, but it’s a viable construction method in many cases. Wide tables and chest lids often…

Concealing a tabletop's end grain using breadboard ends can be tricky. We show you how to make it work.

On panels like table tops or blanket chest lids you need some method of keeping them flat. Typically you use some sort of mechanical support like a cleat or a breadboard end. If you want to go the quick and easy route, the cleat is the method for you. It's a strip of wood that...

I love walnut and it's not every day I get to use such a large amount of it to make a custom farmhouse table out of walnut wood with traditional mortise and te…

Gary Rogowski demonstrates his methods for this traditional yet strong breadboard end.

Breadboard end construction is an ingenious time-honored technique for preventing panels from cupping, while allowing for solid wood’s natural seasonal movement across the grain. “Breadboard ends” are essentially grooved rails with oversized mortises that accept tenons on the end of a panel. Read more about this practical solution for keeping panels flat by following the link! #woodcraft #woodcraftmagazine #issue91

If you are doing breadboard ends on a project that will only be viewed from one side, say perhaps a sofa table or hall table that you never see the back side of the top with any regularity, could you glue instead the front third or so, so that you don’t get the misalignment of the front breadboard and field on a regular basis? Or would that lead to cracking, and/or misalignment still?