Showing 41 through 60 out of 89 articles containing "glued up legs"
Craftsman End Table
… I rounded over the bottom edges with sandpaper. No. 127 8 Woodsmith Stretchers Now that the legs are basically complete, I turned my attention to the sides of the table. The …“hidden” is to make sure they match the final thickness of the shelf (F). So I glued up this panel first, see Spindle Exploded View. Then after the shelf had been planed…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 127
February 2000
Kitchen Work Center
…to be durable enough to withstand sharp utensils. So I made the top a large cutting board, gluing up pieces of hard maple face to face, which is illustrated in the detail at the…work center construction in two steps. First, the end rails are built and are glued between the legs to create the end assemblies, as you can see in Fig. 7. Then I worked …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 129
June 2000
Barrister's Bookcase
…LEG N P 2#/4" 33!/4" 8" 4!/4" 9#/8" N P 1#/4" square O 3" BASE SIDE RAIL 8#/8" BASE LEG N BASE FRONT RAIL NOTE: Legs glued up from three pieces (detail ‘a’) or cut from 1#/4"-thick (8/4) stock NOTE: Base cleat is identical to case top cleat a. 1#/4" 3#/4" LEG…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 134
April 2001
Drop-Leaf Coffee Table
… (For more details on this and for a couple sources of turned legs, take a look at page 35.) LEGS . Because the legs (A) were already turned, the only work left to do was cut a …top than just gluing up a large panel. But you’ll find that adding the two leaves isn’t all that difficult. GLUE UP PANELS. The first thing to do is glue up panels for the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 135
June 2001
Sectional Entertainment Center
…to clean up. To complete the frames, the two end stiles (D) are ready to be added (Fig. 2). These pieces are sized to extend below the lower rail to create short legs. …the TV cabinet, there are two layers here, as you can see in Fig. 4. First, I glued up an oversized 3/ "4 thick hardwood top panel (K). Then while the glue was drying, I worked on …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 136
August 2001
Barrister's CD Cases
… SIDE BASE FRONT Case bottom positioned to create recess below Simple cutout creates "legs" of case NOTE: For a simpler base, see photo on page 27 CUTTING DIAGRAM #/4" x 7!/2" - … the other pieces, these are glued-up panels with stopped dadoes and rabbets. But the trick here is the sides aren’t identical — they end up as mirror images of each …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 137
October 2001
Formal Hall Table
…of #/4" stock #/4" B C { To keep the sides square while gluing up the table, simply cut a scrap spacer and clamp it between the front legs. Woodsmith 9 No. 138 LOWER BACK RAIL (Bottom view) …so they end up flush with the front rails (Fig. 8a). ASSEMBLY. To add these dividers to the table, the outside two can be glued to the legs (Fig. 8). The …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 138
December 2001
Wrap-Around Benches
…to be assembled. But rather than glue up one corner at a time (like I did with the table frame), each seat frame is glued up all at once in a simple assembly form,…to the cleats with a screw at each end (Fig. 8a). 9 Seat FRONT LEG HALF K Front leg b. !/2" 2" Back leg NOTE: Legs are built from cedar 2x6s Ends of mortises left round !/2" BASE …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 142
August 2002
A Tapered Sliding Dovetail
… the risk of the glue swelling the wood during assembly. The result could be a leg that “freezes up” in its socket and won’t come out. Or you could choose the opposite route… taper of the joint also takes a lot of uncertainty out of gluing the legs to the column. Since the leg doesn’t snug up until it reaches the end of the socket, the glue in…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 154
August 2004
Display Table
…to 2 / glue them up out of two pieces of 3 4"-thick stock. This way, you can cut all the necessary notches and grooves on the table saw before gluing up the legs, rather than …also cut from a glued-up blank. But it gets notched to fit around the legs, as you can see in detail ‘c.’ I cut the notches to / leave a 1 16" gap around the legs to match …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 158
April 2005
Shop Notebook
… final thickness. 30 a. Woodsmith No. 161 Full-Length Taper Jig for Legs The accent table on page 22 has tapered legs. With eight tapers to cut, I decided to build a jig to cut… the marquetry box on page 18 is really fairly simple to make. I made it by gluing up three pieces of 3/ " 4 MDF and cutting the block to size on my table saw (Fig…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 161
October 2005
Patio Serving Cart
…, you’re only using ten slats. And once the shelf is glued up, I trimmed the ends to fit the inside of the cart frame (see …around for a long time. W Materials List, Supplies, & Cutting Diagram A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Outer Leg Facings (8) Leg Spacers (4) End Rails (8) Lower Stretchers (2) Upper Stretchers (2) Handle Rails (2) Slats (46) Groove…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 165
June 2006
Trestle Table
…and legs Ends of stretcher are notched to fit between legs NOTE: Base is made from poplar Two legs wrap around stretcher to create rocksolid base NOTE: Feet and arms are glued up…the workpieces before they’re glued up. Then when the two halves of the blank are glued together, the dadoes will form the mortises for the leg tenons. MORTISES. You can …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 181
February 2009
Tips & Techniques
…the bench while they dry is a challenge. So I built a jig (photo below) that will hold legs or spindles of any length. It’s just two, L-shaped brackets with evenly spaced holes …the drawing at left, it’s a pretty simple jig to make. After the Woodsmith blanks are glued up and cut to size, drill a hole through each corner of all three tiers. I also …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 181
February 2009
Shop Notebook
… END VIEW 30 Woodsmith No. 184 Leg Taper Jig Tapering the legs for the coffee table on page 22 presents a challenge. Because each leg is glued up as a mitered assembly, you can’t use …A small block of plywood is glued to one edge of the fence, flush with the end, to serve as a stop. This L-shaped fence will cradle the leg blank as the tapers …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 184
August 2009
Classic Corner Cabinet
…hole 1!/4" pocket screw SIDE SECTION VIEW Bottom panel K Leg leveler 35!/2 N 1!/2 REED MOLDING 3!/2 N K Leg leveler K e. SIDE SECTION VIEW REAR LEG BRACKET Face frame Bottom Side !/4 #/4 N #8 x 2" …cut the grooves and haunched tenons on the rails. RAISED PANELS. I glued up narrower stock for the raised panels. After cutting them to final…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 190
August 2010
Classic Entry Bench
… VIEW Sand wedges flush Seat Leg tenon c. FRONT VIEW 5 of contour 1#/4 D make a SEAT SCULPTED SEAT The seat for the bench starts with a glued-up panel. Then it’s shaped with a simple shop-made router jig. Finally, mortises are cut in the seat to hold the leg tenons. CONTOURS. When …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 198
December 2011
Demilune Table
…ogee profile adds to classic look Top is simply glued to base Legs are glued into notches in apron Drawer front is glued up from three layers of #/4"-thick stock SIDE SECTION VIEW…are detailed in the drawings at right (Figures 6 and 7). BOTTOM. Once the drawer is glued up, the plywood bottom can be fit. Figure 8 shows how I scribed the curve of …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 199
February 2012
Stylish Hall Bench
… leg also has a tenon on the top that fits into mortises on the arms. LEG BLANKS. For the leg blanks, I used 2"-thick cherry. But you could also make blanks glued up from thinner stock. After marking the outside faces, stand the legs together and…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 211
February 2014
Cabinet on Stand
… / No. 215 SIMPLE SHELVES. Like the case parts, the two shelves are glued-up mahogany panels. So making the shelves should be fairly simple at …1 a. NOTE: All leg mortises are !/4" wide x &/8" deep O O 1 O BACK LEG !/8"rad. O P P P FRONT LEG 2!/2 P 35 NOTE: Front legs and back legs are each mirror images of one another NOTE: Legs start…Read More
