Check out my legs! (w/pics)

[David Eisan]

Hello everyone,

I have not had a chance to work on my kitchen table for a while, today I got back at it.

I wanted to taper the legs, but I wasn't sure how much to taper them. I laid out various tapers with painters tape and settled on one that I liked.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/taperlayout.jpg

I am not sure why, but I decided to mortise the legs for the skirt before I tapered the legs. I cannot believe how much I had to lean on the mortiser to cut a 1/2" mortise in ash.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/cuttinglegmortise.jpg

Because the legs are 4" and my table saw only cuts 3" and a bit, I settled on a two step method for tapering the legs.

First I rough cut the taper on my bandsaw.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/cuttingroughtaper.jpg

Then I made a jig to run the legs through my planer. I bashed the jig together from 1/2" melamine and narrow crown staples. The leg sits in a channel with a stop at one end and 1-1/2" foot at the other. The leg tapers 1-1/4" and the 1-1/2" foot was the exact height to get the taper I wanted.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/leginjig1.jpg

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/leginjig2.jpg

You can see the four legs done.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/taperedlegsdone.jpg

I hope to mill up the stock for the apron and start on it next week.

Thanks for looking,

David.

[Corey Hallagan]

Nice work David. Looking good can't wait to see more!

Corey

[Bobby Wartman]

Nice work and throught on the little tappering jig for the plainer.

[Ron Blaise]

that you could use a DC. You certainly have the equipment that creates lots of chips! :D
Happy Sawdust

[Russ Massery]

Beefy! that's going to be one solid table. How thick is that top? I like the breadboard ends. Keep up the good work!