Stringing and cuffs

[Phil Mueller]

Making some progress. The stringing has been completed, the ovals glued in, and the ebonized veneer has been glued in place.

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Next up was making the grooves for the cuff banding. I first referenced off the bottom of the leg with a marking gauge and made a tick mark at each corner.

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Keeping in mind that not all the sides of the leg are tapered, I used both a bevel and square to knife the bottom line.

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Once the knife line was scribed around the leg, I repositioned the gauge against the knife line, held the banding against the gauge and knifed the upper line.

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I set up a router plane to depth and used that mark the baseline. I chiseled a knife wall and using a pull saw, I cut down to the baseline.

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Then a chisel to take out most of the waste and the router plane to clean it up.

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continued...

[Phil Mueller]

...check for fit

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and rinse and repeat for the other three sides.

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Three more legs to go...

Might actually finish this by New Years.

[Jim Koepke]

Looks great.

jtk

[Mark Rainey]

Nice progress Phil...you got some fine legs!

[michael langman]

Your gonna have some beautiful table legs there Phil.
Thanks for posting because I enjoy your approach and ideas on inlays and such.

[Mike Allen1010]

Very nice Bill, the legs are looking great! I applaud your excellent job of executing these classic federal details. I look forward to the rest of the build.

Cheers, Mike

[Andrew Pitonyak]

ummm, wow! I have not seen that done before. Looks good!

[Mark Rainey]

Phil, it is almost the New Year...

[Phil Mueller]

Ha! Thanks, Mark. Did I say the table might be done, or just the legs! Well, legs are done.

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Then to draw this thing out longer, I decided to add a bead molding around the base. The 1/4” round blank was flattened on one side (simple block plane on a jig job), then steam bent and currently being glued in place. Even though they were bent, there was still a good deal of tension to draw them in tight...so I’m doing them one at a time and giving them ample clamp time.

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The bead will go around the leg, so I’v figured a way to make little 3/16” pieces (mitered on both ends) for the leg sides...love this little detail work. Looks like another week or so. Good thing about hobbies...no real deadlines!

[Bill Carey]

Hey Phil - those look fabulous. Way above my pay grade. Did you post a previous thread about the start of the build for the legs? If you did and you can point me to it, much appreciated.

[Phil Mueller]

Thanks Bill. Actually when you break it down into “parts”, and take advantage of a few electrons, it’s pretty basic stuff, just takes time. Anyway, I did post a few bits and pieces separately, but I’ll have some time tomorrow and put together a leg build thread.

[Mark Rainey]

Phil, the legs are spectacular! The detail is so ornate. A New Year's Eve celebration shaped into wood! Thanks for posting and looking forward to more pics in the near future. Happy New Year!

[Bill Carey]

Thanks Bill. Actually when you break it down into “parts”, and take advantage of a few electrons, it’s pretty basic stuff, just takes time. Anyway, I did post a few bits and pieces separately, but I’ll have some time tomorrow and put together a leg build thread.

Thanks Phil. Look forward to it