Thread: Bracket feet?

Looks good. But I agree that some scratch stock work on the skirt and legs has the potential to add to the design.

Thanks for sharing.
Cheers

I reckon a simple chamfer would look good.

I've got a frame a panel top in the pipes too so the shape of the skirts should be reflected on the lid, do you think?

Originally Posted by Lumber Bunker

Opinion poll time.
Do these feet match this box?
I'm not sure about the square skirt either, I'm thinking of making a scratch stock to put some shape to it. What you all think re the profile of the skirting? it's only 6mm thick.

I know **nothing** but ...

Just looking thru some saved pics ... at the skirt area ...

Paul

Edit: meant to say could add a moulding strip if the proportion looks ok ... and ... what wood is that?

I like the box but you asked.
Those feet look more like a chineese carved box. The box is quite straight and the swirly feet just look strange.
Peter

Hi Steve
I don't mind the legs but boardering on a little tizzy for me. A full width champher on the top edge of the skirt would just soften the line a little. If you wanted to go more tizzy you could run round with a moulding plane. Depends on how much tizz you want

Some nice neat looking dovetails there too mate

funny looking hand tool

Originally Posted by Lumber Bunker

Do these feet match this box?

no

I'm not sure about the square skirt either ... What you all think re the profile of the skirting? it's only 6mm thick.

yuk

well you did ask

I think the skirt would look better if it had an ogee profile


here's an idea for the feet

I don't think the feet are too bad, but have a think about a cyma reversa molding on the border. That would give you two fine shadow lines and a gentle curve to the border. Then to match in with that you could make a more gentle simplified curve on the feet to reflect it. And the section in the middle of the feet is a bit of no mans land, but you could make the front of the bracket feet from one piece so the middle of the front is a little lower, gently curving up towards the corners and then down into the bracket feet. You could even add a little detail in the centre of that curve eg a circular cut out that breaks through to the edge.

I agree that the square edges and dovetails don't fit nicely with the scroll feet.

My first thought was tapered feet (see blanket box pic) with the skirt and feet directly under the cabinet.
You could match it with a bevel edge on the lid.

I have always like the base of the attached chest of drawers.

I like Scally's images, your's looks like fancy shoes on SpongeBob, sorry.

Toby

Here's an antique bible box from about 1780, not unlike the proportions of yours, showing the cyma reversa molding.

It's your box, LB, so first & foremost, you need to please your eye. I'm not one to get hung-up on trying to be 'period-corrrect', but if it were my job, I would be keeping the brackets simple, because the rest of the piece is all bold, sraight lines, & those multiple small curves on the feet jar a little, in my view. Sometimes, less is more, especially when it comes to decorative flourishes.

Myself, I'd try a single curve to transition from foot to skirt, and see how that looks (e.g. pic 1), or a curve with a fillet at each end of the curve, like that in pic 2.

You haven't shown us what you plan for the lid. I would want any moulding on the skirt to be in keeping with the edge treatment of that. A simple chamfer or a small ogee might be appropriate for the skirt, depending on what else you have planned.

My 2c,

Byb themselves without the skirt the feet would look ok, but the skirt adds a distinct "lumpiness" and harsh feeling at the bottom of the box.

The box/chest looks great otherwise

What's the wood? Looks very much like Tassie Oak.