Faldage:

Sorry, I could not remember the dimensions of the deal planks. I'd like to point out a couple of things. NO deal table is made of planks this size; a three ich thick table (even of pine) would be prohibitively heavy, not to mention probably a tad on the dear side. I suspect that deal refers to the type and the width of the planks, but not the thickness. Though the table may have started out as deal planks, almost certainly the carpenter or cabinet-maker would have resawn the planks to perhaps an inch in thickness. Though I don't work too much in pine, I do a bit of woodworking and have been quite successful with 3/4 inch as the standard guage for almost all of the furniture I build.

I think the original reference in this thread to deal floors was to a floor that was very heavy and capable of bearing huge amounts of weight, as in a warehouse, perhaps. Adequately supported, a three-inch think pine floor would be able to hold military tanks without even groaning.

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