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  1. 11th April 2017, 08:42 PM #1
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    Default Legs for Console Desk

    I'm making a console desk for my son to do his homework on, with the carcass made from some nice baltic birch ply with splay legs in white oak. The general shape will be something like this:

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    With the legs a bit more like this in shape:

    console 2.jpg

    The bit I'm puzzling over is the best way to attach the legs, which isn't particularly straightforward because:

    • I'm not using stretchers/apron across the front or back
    • The legs are splayed outward in both directions
    • The legs will be angled towards the corners (as they are in the second pic).


    Anyone have any cunning ideas?
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  3. 12th April 2017, 09:53 AM #2
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    This type of thing wouldn't help?

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  4. 12th April 2017, 07:47 PM #3
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    Probably wouldn't work with the leg profile I have planned. Do you know what they're called?
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  5. 14th April 2017, 01:57 PM #4
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    They were on Hammersmith. Here's a screenshot from their blog.

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  6. 15th April 2017, 01:02 AM #5
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    Awesome! Would try something similar with this soon. Great stuff.

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  7. 15th April 2017, 05:35 PM #6
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    I think I've worked out a way to do it. Bit hard to explain, but will post pics of it when I make it...
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  8. 31st May 2017, 06:44 PM #7
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    Thought I had better update this now the desk is (almost) finished

    I ended up attaching the legs to shaped blocks using angled bridle joints a bit like this...

    oblique_bridle_woodworking_joints.jpg

    ...and then gluing and screwing them to the bottom of the carcass. I decided to glue them as I was worried about the strength of a screw-only joint against side loads.

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    I'll post a pic of the completed project tomorrow.
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  9. 1st June 2017, 05:27 PM #8
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    And here's it all finished...

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  10. 1st June 2017, 11:01 PM #9
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    Wow an overnight build. I know not quite overnight.
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