Decided to use some left over maple to build my soon-to-be 90 year old mom a plant stand for a birthday gift. I'll follow up with a completed project photo, but I'm hoping to get a little help.
I was cruising along just fine...legs cut with a slight taper towards to bottom, all the M&T's cut and ready, cut a dado for the lower shelf and boom...realized I hadn't thought things through...lol.
Since I'm not that great at cutting clean corners in the shelf itself, I was wondering if it would be okay to just remove a section of the leg at the dado so I can get the square shelf I've already made? I realize it would severely compromise the mortises, but it would be "replaced" by the shelf itself. Would never consider this on a serious build that would be supporting significant weight, but this is after all just a plant stand.
Thoughts...and yes, it's okay to say it's an idiotic idea if it is. Picture below of what I'm referring to and what I hadn't thought through.
Edit...sorry about the sideways pictures...still haven't figured out why it happens here.
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