Wood Leg sourcing?
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Osborne has a wide selection.
https://www.osbornewood.com/Table-Legs.aspx
https://www.osbornewood.com/Table-Legs.aspx
This is the closest things. But it's definitely a bit big at top meaning I'd need it to be reduced some to a standard width for the last 1.5" . Also legs add up fast in price for making many of these! There may be no way around that. There's a reason that a company that makes something like what I want to make uses steel legs (that suck IMO).
Tablelegs.com is another source,https://www.tablelegs.com
Interesting post, Bob. I'm not sure how to convert a tracksaw to that [blink]. However I did just order a fenceless Incra routing table. Maybe I'd consider getting a more powerful router to do something like that? (I have 2.25hp)
What really might work is getting legs from Table Legs, then putting them in my own jig to run on the router table to taper the top to what I need. A table saw would be nice... so big and so heavy, so much room... And I admit I would love a pre-made jig
This is better than having to laminate my own sticks of white oak. Although that could be cheap, also a pain since I only need the small size.
I do have to make a jig for the router table anyways, where I am going to cut in a gap to the back of the leg to run USB charging wire.
Hopefully the taper isn't too much of the leg I'm looking at, otherwise it may be useless. "McCobb Mid-Century Modern" It looks about right, and maybe I'll be knocking enough off at the top that I won't even notice that it gets so much thicker towards the top.
What really might work is getting legs from Table Legs, then putting them in my own jig to run on the router table to taper the top to what I need. A table saw would be nice... so big and so heavy, so much room... And I admit I would love a pre-made jig
This is better than having to laminate my own sticks of white oak. Although that could be cheap, also a pain since I only need the small size.I do have to make a jig for the router table anyways, where I am going to cut in a gap to the back of the leg to run USB charging wire.
Hopefully the taper isn't too much of the leg I'm looking at, otherwise it may be useless. "McCobb Mid-Century Modern" It looks about right, and maybe I'll be knocking enough off at the top that I won't even notice that it gets so much thicker towards the top.
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"I'm not sure how to convert a tracksaw to that"
I guess that's one of the perks of a table saw.
It can do more than make straight cuts.
But as Izzy noted you could make a version of this
that uses a router in place of the table saw.
I guess that's one of the perks of a table saw.
It can do more than make straight cuts.
But as Izzy noted you could make a version of this
that uses a router in place of the table saw.
I am working on a walnut short stool. I needed to make round tenons on the ends of the legs and I don't have a lathe.
I made a jig for my router table. After some practice, it worked pretty well. Regarding the practice, the legs started up longer as I had to do it over a few times. Finally made a test leg. Here are some pictures.
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This wouldn't' work for making complete round leg, but works fine for a tenons.
Bob
I made a jig for my router table. After some practice, it worked pretty well. Regarding the practice, the legs started up longer as I had to do it over a few times.
Finally made a test leg. Here are some pictures.[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
This wouldn't' work for making complete round leg, but works fine for a tenons.
Bob
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Bob said, “This wouldn't' work for making complete round leg, but works fine for a tenons.”
It would work if you added a receiver board with a hole in it (of the right size and location) on the other side of the router bit. Add another receiver board farther away and you can complete the dowelization of the square stick.
It would work if you added a receiver board with a hole in it (of the right size and location) on the other side of the router bit. Add another receiver board farther away and you can complete the dowelization of the square stick.
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