Jerry Palmer
09-21-2006, 12:03 PM
Been gone for a while, but been busy while away. Finished this up.
http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06372/Gateleg01.jpg
This is with the leaf down and the gate leg folded in.
http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06372/Gateleg03.jpg
And with the leaf up supported by the gate leg.
It's from a Carlyle Lynch plan but I altered the orientation of the legs on the long side to the more usual 45 degree orientation. The top and legs is made of some storebought walnut. Meantime I came across some beautiful air dried and used that for the skirts. Used some amber shellac on the bleached out store bought to attempt to get the color clsoer to the air dried.
Mostly hand tools, though I did use the bandsaw to do the compound cuts for the legs and my tailed lathe for the feet, then shaves, drawknife, and rasps for the shaping. Used a table joint wooden molding set for the table joint, but had to use a router for the other edges due to the diagonal end grain. No low angle molders and though a did grind out a scratch stock for that profile, it just didn't seem to want to do the trick. Wonder how the original was done?
http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06372/Gateleg01.jpg
This is with the leaf down and the gate leg folded in.
http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06372/Gateleg03.jpg
And with the leaf up supported by the gate leg.
It's from a Carlyle Lynch plan but I altered the orientation of the legs on the long side to the more usual 45 degree orientation. The top and legs is made of some storebought walnut. Meantime I came across some beautiful air dried and used that for the skirts. Used some amber shellac on the bleached out store bought to attempt to get the color clsoer to the air dried.
Mostly hand tools, though I did use the bandsaw to do the compound cuts for the legs and my tailed lathe for the feet, then shaves, drawknife, and rasps for the shaping. Used a table joint wooden molding set for the table joint, but had to use a router for the other edges due to the diagonal end grain. No low angle molders and though a did grind out a scratch stock for that profile, it just didn't seem to want to do the trick. Wonder how the original was done?