Leveling Table Legs

[Dennis Kelly]

Hello,
I am just about finished with a mother's day project which is a plant stand. The frame was squared and assembled, but when I attached the table top, the frame shifted a bit off square which caused the stand to be unlevel and a little wobbly.
I was wondering if any of you have any tricks or tips that you use to address this problem, or if I'm failing in other areas of the construction. I was thinking of using a coping saw to trim a bit off of the high legs that are causing the wobbling.

Dennis

[Tim Sproul]

Coping saws are tough to get nice square and flat kerfs. They're designed to cut curves so they don't do well cutting straight. I'd suggest a regular backsaw or dozuki, depending on West/East preference. Use a saw with fine teeth to help reduce or eliminate tear out/chipping.

Put the table on a flat surface - workbench or assembly table. Shim. Use duplicate shim to mark out longer legs. Saw to leave the pencil line.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Take a track sander to it and be sparing.