Planking

Evening falls.
I cut out the interior curves for one of the table tops and have it clamped here with a series of planks underneath. These are planed to thickness and roughly the same width. The central plank (there are five) has a center line marked on it and each of the planks has a line drawn a little over half an inch from the end so that it will be of sufficient length to fill a 10mm rebate into the frame. I then lay out the planks so that they each have a good grain orientation matching up the center and making sure I can't see any of the end lines. Then I turn the whole lot upside down and rest the top face of the table frame on the backs of the planks, which are similarly marked to draw in the final shape. There is some discrepancy between the top of the curved cut and the bottom even when cut with a bandsaw, so it is important to draw out the line in this orientation, but one has to look at the faces of the planks to check for grain first.
It is a good idea to stick little chicken feet marks on any important lines like this to make sure that you don't follow any stray lines about the place when cutting.
The diagonal plank leaning against the arch allows me to flip the table frame up and lean it out of the way. Before moving the planks I number them and put arrows to show orientation just in case I lose track of which way up the numbers go. There is one more mark to be made and it is very important. If you cut out the pencil line now you just have a set of planks that will neatly fall through the hole in the middle of the table frame in an entirely useless manner.