Thread: joints?

Ooo back again. Legs split with a Froe for natural strength, turned legs, bent wood legs, a big fat (or little skinny) stump. How many do you want?

Off the top of my head,

• straight,
• classic 2 inside tapers,
• single taper,
• single inside taper (4 sided at the top-5 sided at the base)
• refractory,
• pedestal
• and deliberately last because it’s the most hideous leg ever invented - turned leg.

Ball & claw

i think i might have worded it wrong, but i laminated 3 planks of tassy oak to create a 60x60 leg. are there any other ways i could create a 60x60 leg? i need to research diffrent ways. thanks for all the other info! gunna help with my portfolio

Once again, quite a few ways, one where you take four pieces of timber champher both sides to 45 so they all mitre together.

Just for something different the legs could be 60 mm x 60 mm rhombus (diamond)

You could laminate four planks of tassie oak.

Originally Posted by ayepea!

i think i might have worded it wrong, but i laminated 3 planks of tassy oak to create a 60x60 leg. are there any other ways i could create a 60x60 leg? i need to research diffrent ways. thanks for all the other info! gunna help with my portfolio

Get a solid 75x75 and cut it down, or laminate a 75x50 and 75x 25 and cut it down. Thats about the only way i can think.

You could use 4 pieces of whatever x 60mm x whatever (22mm for example) with mitred edges and glue them up leaving a hollow core. This method won't show any lamination lines. Or you could laminate two pieces on the diagonal so that the lamination line is hidden at the corners (sorry, got to run to work, don't have time to figure out the math!) But really, the way you did it or the 'get it from bigger stock' methods are the normal ones!

I'm with Lignum, solid piece of 75 X 75mm timber.

There's a neat way to do it shown in Australian Woodsmith #35.

You glue together two 90x45 blanks face to face with both heart sides facing in (so it helps to spend some time selecting two backsawn blanks with a similar end grain pattern). You then rip the piece down to ~60mm square but so the glue line runs between opposite corners. Invisible glue line and all 4 sides will have matching grain.

Cheers
Michael

laminating legs I personally didnt include that in my portfolio and no not one of the woodwork teachers who look at my folio said anything about it I think they are more looking for joints such as rails to legs etc.

post up a picture of your major please i want to see what everyone else made.

here is mine except I didnt finish it
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