I know I should not do that...

[willnewton]

split it in two. flatten one face. attach boards to table base and leave 1/4" gap between them. insert giant dovetails.

thank george nakashima for the idea.

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PS-if you slice that board into a half-dozen pieces and glue it back up, your ticket to woodworker heaven will be revoked.

[Burkhardt]

.........PS-if you slice that board into a half-dozen pieces and glue it back up, your ticket to woodworker heaven will be revoked.

Oh my. I better won't let that happen
The split table with the butterflies is a great idea and the gap will solve the joining flatness problem.

I appreciate the idea of sending the slab to one or the other Scott but I find it unconscionable to get them in the same quandary. So I will man up and solve the problem myself.