I had a bunch of trees taken down years ago and a couple were cedars. Not wanting to waste the nice large trunks I cut them into pies and let it dry out under my barn porch. Having caught up some on my rifle builds I started to create my table last week. Looking at what others have done my table is a little bit more complicated. As my old antique router was too small I’ve got a 2.5 hp 1/2 inch machine coming. I might put some 3/4 inch bench dogs [to help hold my pies] in my table’s plywood base depending on if they move around when I start planing them down. I’ve got stops on the slide in both directions and added a teflon base for the router base with aluminum guides to hold the base to the slide. I also added wheels and wheeled guides for the L-R slide movement. I built it tall as my pies are kinda thick. First time I’ve ever done pie tables or pie stools so I wasn’t sure how thick to cut the logs. But I can always run my 2x10 sides through my table saw again. I'll know more when my router gets here. I’ve got one more piece of aluminum to install on the slide.
Pictures tomorrow.