Ok guys, here is the low down. The legs were made from 6/4, I believe I am right. The entire table is to be 1 3/8th inch thickness throughout. I was able to pull from my wood supply and get the feet. The other three pieces including the rail were glued to get the 1 3/8 size. I am going to make the top as thick as I possibly can without having to glue for thickness. If I had purchased my lumber from a supply house I would have had less glue ups and everything would be 1 3/8 including the top. We will see what the top ends up being. What you can't see is the 1" dowel that holds the project together along with glue. I didn't attempt the mortise in the ends of the rail because the 5 degree was troubling to me. I will have to attempt it when it comes to the large cherry table that I will be making for myself. The base for this table is 30" length with a 40" top to be added. If you think the ends of the rails need to be trimmed I will certainly do so. I kept the measurements the same for the base, except the length of the rail, as it would be for the large table Norm was doing in his book. That table is 80 plus inches. I put dowels in this instead of the wedge, glued the rail and the dowels. This table is for a small kitchen and shouldn't be taken down for any reason. Thank you for the compliments. Thoughts and suggestions welcomed. BTW, what would you suggest I put on the top knowing it is going to get losts of kitchen use. I considered a finish for bar tops. Lorraine