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Total agree, the OSB was the wrong material at the right price. Thanks for the link! I did briefly consider using one of these but I didn't find anything like what you linked too. Often just knowing what is out there and where to find it can really make a big difference to how you build. It's great to have a supportive community to learn from. I'm wondering, since the tabletop is so much bigger than the bearing, would repeatedly leaning on the edge of the table end up pulling the screws out? There would be a lot of torque. I guess I'll find out how long the brass lasts! So far so good, and we use it all the time.

Thank you, the whole family is excited about it!

Hi LincolnsCreations. Thanks for the question. The pin is the only thing holding the tabletop to the legs. However, the tabletop does rest on the OSB leg-substructure. If you look at the picture in step 5, these kinds of pins hold pieces together by squeezing them between their top and bottom heads. Take a look at the first picture in step 7, the pin is attached to that square piece of OSB. The other end of the pin holds the lighter stained tabletop, see Step 11. You could not lift the tabletop off because the head of the pin would stop it, but the tabletop is free to spin around the pin. I made sure the pin wasn’t squeezing too hard. Since the tabletop is resting on the ‘X’ but held in place by the pin, it can rotate while still being supported. I hope that explains things.