To shape the legs for the sawbuck table, I first traced the profile onto the leg blanks using the cardboard template. Then I transferred the profile to the other side of the leg. With the profile mark
ed on both sides, you can check back and forth as you're shaping to ensure that the profile is square.
I roughed out the shape on the band saw and then cleaned up the cut
s with round files, triangular files, smooth files, a Nicholson #50 rasp, a Lee Valley rounded spokeshave, and sandpaper.The shaped leg in the last photo is sitting on top of what's left of the cherry that is being used to make this project.
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4 comments:
VC,
Make sure you leave room under the drawer so you can actually get a board in there, you never know when you will need to buck a board in the living room.
Nice Work.
Stephen
VC,
This project is looking great so far! Dirk Benedict would be proud!
What? Oh, it's a SAWbuck table... nevermind.
Still lookin' good, though. :)
Was it Dirk Benedict or Richard Hatch? Whichever the case, I sure hope "Sawbuck" didn't have legs like these. eww
No, that Richard Hatch was Apollo.
(I had a major "EWWWW" there, though, because I thought at first you were talking about Mr. Creepy from Survivor Borneo (2000) who always took off his Utilikilt for the challenges. He had horrible legs, too.)
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