I’m already jealous that I couldn’t do the dovetails…that’s going to be so much better than the screws.

Two things about the legs:

1. If I would have had the idea when I built mine, I might have tried dowels instead of screws (maybe wood, maybe brass) to attach the legs to the frame. You would still see them, but in my opinion they would have looked better than the screws. I don’t know enough yet to know if that would have provided enough strength – the table is extremely sturdy with the screws and glue. At 200 pounds, I can stand and balance on the frame with no fear of it budging at all.

2. It isn’t easy to tell from the picture, but it looks like your SketchUp might be showing the legs coming all the way to the top edge of the frame rails. On my table they stop about 1.5″ short, so the tops of the legs provide the corner supports for the plywood table top. I used .75″ plywood, so the lip is about .75″.

I too, planned on building a lid for the table, so I’ll be interested to see how yours turns out. One other idea I had was to devise some way to easily and quickly “extend” the legs of the table to raise it up high enough (6-9″ or so) so that it could be used as a kids dining table with chairs. I have some ideas, but I’m not convinced they’ll work reliably. Will let you know if I figure anything out…please do the same. Am looking forward to seeing your finished table! My son loves his!