Using a ripped piece of wood to line up our cuts with the miter gauge. A stop block is then set up to allow us to cut all of our table legs the same.
We filed a section out of a length of plywood we used as a track for our jig on the lathe. This allowed us to install a block of wood on a bolt through the whole jig to lock it in place.
A blank installed in the jig and ready to be shaped. A photo and video of the shaping in progress.
Two jigs to taper the legs in the planer.
A stop block set up for crosscutting our pedestal blanks to the same length.
Test pedestal blank after final cut on the band saw. Square blank passed to cut each corner at 45 degrees to make an octagon.
Stop block set up to crosscut each leg blank to the same length.
A cart filled with our leg and pedestal stock, test pieces and left over material for our jigs.
So nifty :)
Cynthia and Ryan made me eat my words when I said they "may be over complicating their jig building."
This sliding dovetail jig will fit any style of leg made in class.
And it works beautifully
Stop blocks set up to create tenons on pedestal pieces. A scrap piece of poplar was used to create a test hole and a half hole so we didn't have to remove the piece to test fit.
A jig we set up to make dovetails on our table legs. The rails slide into a fence on the router table and have hardware to adjust the tension. The blocks on the front are all rebated and slide on grooves to allow for a secure hold and fit any leg.
This jig worked so well the legs could even be tapered before cutting sliding dovetail tenon.
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