David M Peters
10-29-2020, 11:51 AM
Finished this simple bench last week, I did "dutch foot" aka cabriole legs as an excuse to try off-axis turning. The legs came out well enough as there are only a few measured reference points.
I used this article (https://www.bigtreetools.com/s/dutchFoot.pdf) as a guide. A while back I had asked a question about how to be certain where the two axes intersect (at the bottom of the pommel). Well it turns out that if you measure & mark the axis points carefully that "node" will indeed be right at its theoretical location. I found that using dividers & marking scribe to be essential in getting this level of accuracy.. pencil marks didn't cut it.
https://i.imgur.com/INi65oLh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FyvFBgoh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Sy3fM8Sh.jpg
I used this article (https://www.bigtreetools.com/s/dutchFoot.pdf) as a guide. A while back I had asked a question about how to be certain where the two axes intersect (at the bottom of the pommel). Well it turns out that if you measure & mark the axis points carefully that "node" will indeed be right at its theoretical location. I found that using dividers & marking scribe to be essential in getting this level of accuracy.. pencil marks didn't cut it.
https://i.imgur.com/INi65oLh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FyvFBgoh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Sy3fM8Sh.jpg