Hello,
I am making a bench, and the plans call for the top of the front leg to be
turned between the bench seat and the bottom of the armrest. I do not have
a lathe, nor do I have much experience turning. My question is: Can anyone
give me some ideas on how I can dress up this part of my front leg. I would
rather not have just a square post there.
Thanks
LC
substitue for a turned post.
Group: rec.woodworking Date: Fri, Oct 15, 2004, 2:21pm (EDT+4)
[email protected] (Larry=A0C) needs to know:
<snip> Can anyone give me some ideas on how I can dress up this part of
my front leg. I would rather not have just a square post there.
Yes, I can see that having a front leg with a square post would not
be good.
JOAT
Flush the Johns.
- seen on a bumper sticker
Run it through the tablesaw and chamfer the legs. You may also route flutes
into it.
Dave
"Larry C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am making a bench, and the plans call for the top of the front leg to be
> turned between the bench seat and the bottom of the armrest. I do not
> have
> a lathe, nor do I have much experience turning. My question is: Can
> anyone
> give me some ideas on how I can dress up this part of my front leg. I
> would
> rather not have just a square post there.
>
> Thanks
>
> LC
>
>
> Run it through the tablesaw and chamfer the legs. You may also route
> flutes into it.
>
> Dave
This is a great suggestion, or you could cut them with a bandsaw and produce
something that is out-of-ordinary. You can do tapers, curves, curve down to
a broader foot, etc. Lots of possibilites that won't come off looking like
another turned leg.
"TeamCasa" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> Run it through the tablesaw and chamfer the legs. You may also route
> flutes into it.
Take the chamfer to an extreme, and make octagonal posts. If no
tablesaw, use a plane.
Use a spokeshave to cut stopped chamfers.
Make a square, tapered post...it can taper to be quite thin at one
end (using table saw or plane, etc).
Use a router to cut a bead on the 4 corners. If no router, use a
scratchstock.
Instead of a "post", use a piece that's wider in the front to back
dimension, and cut some sort of ornamental bracket/gingerbread type
shape into it, using a bandsaw/scrollsaw/fretsaw/coping saw, whichever
is available.
Take your post & taper it both ways from the center, use the plane
to make it octagonal, then 16-sided, then round (you can get very
close to perfectly round with a block plane & a little care)...now
you have a round post with a nice swell in the middle, without
any lathe involved.
Lots of possibilities here...
John
Folks,
Thanks for all the great ideas. You have got my brain working so I should
be ok from here.
Thanks again
Larry C
"John McCoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "TeamCasa" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
> > Run it through the tablesaw and chamfer the legs. You may also route
> > flutes into it.
>
> Take the chamfer to an extreme, and make octagonal posts. If no
> tablesaw, use a plane.
>
> Use a spokeshave to cut stopped chamfers.
>
> Make a square, tapered post...it can taper to be quite thin at one
> end (using table saw or plane, etc).
>
> Use a router to cut a bead on the 4 corners. If no router, use a
> scratchstock.
>
> Instead of a "post", use a piece that's wider in the front to back
> dimension, and cut some sort of ornamental bracket/gingerbread type
> shape into it, using a bandsaw/scrollsaw/fretsaw/coping saw, whichever
> is available.
>
> Take your post & taper it both ways from the center, use the plane
> to make it octagonal, then 16-sided, then round (you can get very
> close to perfectly round with a block plane & a little care)...now
> you have a round post with a nice swell in the middle, without
> any lathe involved.
>
> Lots of possibilities here...
>
> John