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FURNITURE LEG sa CABRIOLE LEG sa FURNITURE LEVELER x LEG (FURNITURE) x POST (FURNITURE) xx FURNITURE Router fixture design. A device for inlaying a Hepplewhite table leg. Locks the leg in position so the router can be manipulated to cut the rectangular grooves necessary for inlaying. Designing a curved leg (as found on sleigh beds and Texas Biedermeier furniture of the mid-1800s) to achieve maximum strength. Turning table legs. How to design a leg profile, then turn a prototype to use as a template for a set of four legs. Leg for a utility table is made by ripping a piece of 1x6 stock into two tapers and joining them together. Turning table legs that match without using a duplicating jig. These simple techniques also apply to turning chair spindles, balusters, etc. Some construction techniques for creating a cabriole leg with the distinctive ball and claw foot of the Queen Anne style. How to fabricate the "bracket foot" found on early period Chippendale furniture. Make a cabriole leg using a band saw. Using a jointer to taper table legs. Both Queen Anne and French Provincial style legs are shown. Tip on using a band clamp (web clamp) when gluing three feet to the center pedestal of an occasional table. Turned cabriole legs. A description of the process for making a simpler version of the cabriole leg, minus knee. How to make sliding dovetails for tripod table legs. Tip: How to add furniture leveling feet to some styles of furniture legs. Epoxy a nut into the foot of a table leg and insert a bolt to form an adjustable table leg. Make furniture glides from Teflon rod. How to carve the ball and claw foot favored by 18th century English and Colonial cabinetmakers. Includes a related article on the history of this furniture ornament. Turning four footstool legs off-center yields something close to a true cabriole leg. Making cabriole legs. A rasp smooths complex shape. Includes a contour tracer and template to make it easier to copy an existing leg. Accompanying article looks at the use of cabriole legs in 18th-century furniture design. Templates for copying the pattern of a cabriole furniture leg. How to make ogee bracket feet (widely used on Chippendale furniture) using a band saw. Technique involves gluing up the mitered joint first, then shaping afterwards. Adjustable table feet made from screws and a piece of dowel. Use a simple jig and your router to cut reeds into a curved tapered bedpost. Jig to form-laminate chair legs which have a shape similar to a "squared-off question mark". How to hand-shape Queen Anne cabriole legs without using a lathe. An alternative approach to making traditional bracket-foot construction. Tip shows how cabriole legs are mounted on a highboy (circa 1760). Tips on making the turned front legs for late-Sheraton chairs and the square tapered legs for Hepplewhite tables. Two jigs for bending and laminating cantilevered chair legs. How to use mortise-and-tenon joints or dowel joints to join the rails with the legs when making frames for upholstered chairs. How to cut parallel grooves in a tapered table leg using a router and simple jig. A contemporary table features "tubular" legs made from wood. The legs are rounded using the router technique described in this article. Making period bedposts. How to make bedposts up to 7 ft. long in the Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and early Victorian styles. The jigs and fixtures shown can be used for any long turnings. Turning without a lathe. Making round legs using ordinary hand tools. A "lathebox" jig is used to hold the work securely. How to cut tapered legs on a jointer. Method for attaching the bottom shelf of a coffee table or end table to both square-leg and tapered-leg designs. Restoring the original length of cut-off furniture legs by adding an "end cap" to each leg. Cabriole knees. How to layout and carve this classical 18th century leaf pattern. Shaping a cabriole leg is an easy job with files and rasps. Building a Chippendale chair. Accompanies an article on shaping the cabriole leg. Tip: Use masking tape to mark the transition and reduce splintering where a square furniture leg becomes round. Technique for fabricating legs for a piano stool which have a fluted, tapered, octagonal section in the middle of the leg. Carving a ball-and-claw foot using the techniques of a colonial Williamsburg cabinetmaker. Tip on making four L-shaped legs with mitered corners by first making a mitered box and then sawing into four pieces lengthwise. Bracket feet for case pieces. Using a separate base frame simplifies the connection between a carcase and bracket feet and avoids cross-grain problems. Legs to stand on. Techniques for leg joinery make strong, attractive tables and case furniture. Includes instructions on preparing turned and shaped legs. Technique for shortening factory-made round tapered legs using a radial arm saw. Making ogee bracket feet using a standard cove (or flute) cutter, basic hand and machine tools, and simple templates. Stickley-style legs. A router bit and two jigs yield quartersawn figure on all four sides. Using a band saw to shape simple square table legs into legs which both taper and flare out at the foot. Where furniture meets the floor. How to make four traditional style of feet which will change the look of the same chest. (1) Bun feet. (2) Saber feet. (3) Sled feet. (4) Ogee bracket feet. How to layout and hand carve barley-twists on wooden cylinders for use as table pedestals, furniture legs, etc. Two techniques for constructing Stickley-style furniture legs (quadralinear and veneered) so that the quartersawn oak look appears on all four sides. Cutting table legs for consistent grain. Beautiful bends. Legs for tables and chairs are made by laminating 4mm birch plywood into graceful curves. Includes instructions for making and using the bending forms. How to build a classic armchair, square-top end table, cornerless end table, contemporary dining table, cafe table, and a triangular plant stand. How to make cabriole legs using a band saw. Tip: Lengthen short (wobbly) furniture legs with wood putty applied to the foot. Tip: How to lengthen a short leg on a chair or table by means of a screw, washers and a small piece of carpeting. How to build Queen Anne style tables without hassle. Includes instructions for cutting a simple style of the cabriole leg using a band saw and belt sander. The tabletop measures 27"x35". Tip on carving ball-and-claw feet. Wood joinery. Twelve ways to attach legs to furniture. "Carved Tower" leg piece is formed by cutting square legpiece lengthwise on all four sides with dado blade until center is totally removed except at top and bottom. Ten ways for joining furniture legs to rails. How to make sculptured joints when joining together furniture legs. Sliding jig for making straight or tapered "turnings" on a table saw. Ideal for making simple table legs. Tip: Make your own leveling feet for tables and benches from T-nuts, carriage bolts and nuts. A simple solution to getting the wobble out of a four-legged project. Router-table turning. Combine a variety of simple jigs with your router table to produce elegant table legs, including round, square, octagonal, tapered, fluted, beaded, ... etc. Method for using a drum sander to shape the end of a furniture leg so that it will make full contact with the turned pedestal of a music stand, candlestand, etc. Technique for trimming the splayed legs of a chair or table so they stand flush on the floor. The mathematics of making tapered legs. Includes plans for making an adjustable tapering jig for use with a table saw. Tip: Use blobs of hot glue to reattach waste pieces of wood when making compound cuts (such as a cabriole leg). Cabriole legs. Step-by-step instructions for preparing the blank, band sawing, carving, shaping, and fitting a cabriole leg. Tips on adjusting a band saw when preparing to cut cabriole legs. Holding jig for shaping cabriole legs. A wooden headstock and tailstock is added to a pipe clamp. Technique for cutting square tapered legs on a jointer. Using templates to make uniform curved legs for chairs. The template is attached directly to the work piece. The same template is used on both the band saw (for rough cutting) and the router table (for final shaping). How to fabricate and mount ogee bracket feet. Carving on turning. Part 9. How to turn and carve decorative features (gadroons, pineapples, and berries) on table legs and other furniture parts. Carving a ball-and-claw foot furniture leg. Some tips. A technique for centering legs under a tabletop. Tips on attaching Queen Anne legs to furniture. Tips on fabricating the decorative feet and stretcher found on a kidney shaped desk. Easiest way of making Queen Anne legs is illustrated. Tip: Traditional method for attaching legs to a writing table using two techniques. Tips and a jig for hand-cutting diminished flutes on tapered legs. Tips on making a cabriole leg with a claw-and-ball foot. Furniture restoration. Repairing broken chair legs. How to layout and turn a tapered spiral as found on an 18th-century barley twist leg. Cutting cabriole legs. How to draw the pattern, mark the wood and band saw out the leg. Woodworkers jigs. A table saw round tapering jig. Use your table saw, instead of a lathe, to make round tapered legs for furniture. Can also make square, octagon, stop and other styles of tapers and combinations of tapers. Table saw tapering jig can be used to cut round, square, or polygon-shaped furniture legs. Both tapered and un-tapered legs can be cut. Allows you to use your table saw as a lathe in order to make straight or tapered legs up to 32" long. Cutting cabriole legs. Carving the ball-and-claw foot. Tip: Simple jig to cut off multiple stool legs at the same identical angle. Making a drill guideblock for splayed legs. Making the traditional shaped and molded continuous bracket foot of the style found on Chippendale furniture. Adjustable leg tapering jig for use with a table saw handles legs up to 31" long, 3" thick, 4" wide. Tip on installing leveler glides to the bottoms of wooden legs. Making tripod legs which use a slotted dovetail to join the legs to the pedestal. Tip show how to mark and cut-off angled chair or table legs so they sit flat on the floor. Tip on turning risers (foot extenders) to raise a sofa or armchair for use by older people. Basic principles of making cabriole legs for chairs and tables using a band saw, rasp, and sandpaper. How to recycle drink cans into useful objects. Article includes instructions on how to make furniture legs from cans. How to make cabriole legs. Includes squared drawings for "Dutch-Foot" leg, "Provincial" leg, "Reverse" cabriole, and a 27" table leg. Classic coffee table requires carving ball and claw feet. Table measures 20"x34" and stands 18" tall. | |||||||||
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