As you may know I've recently built a Morris Chair having four QS faces by using the lock miter joint. I have to admit that I ended tossing the first leg, because the joints were so poor because of a failed technique. Since many people have contacted me via PM with questions, I thought I would post what I did, issues I had, and see what other Creekers would do.
I started by milling 16 (4 legs x 4 sides) to a rough dimension of 2 3/8" W by 24" long. I knew when all was done I would be running them through the Performax to clean them up.
A critical step is to make sure that the stock is perfectly flat, and the exact same width. If it is not, the joint won't close and/or the legs won't be square. I used QSWO, so getting it flat wasn't too much of chore, and used featherboards to hold the stock tight to the fence for an accurate and consistent width of cut.
I then took the blanks to the bandsaw, set the table at 45, and cut out a notch on each end to reduce the stock that the router would have to handle in the one pass required on each edge.
My blanks looked like attached...off to the router table.