Making up a art desk for a christmas present which is an angled top about
26" deep. I've glued up stock to make feet which will run parallel to the
sides which are like you see on traditional work benches. What is the
proper "dimension" of those feet? Currently I am about 4-5" shorter in
length and 1.5" thick. Plan to connect to the art desk with a plate across
the bottom at an interior baffle in the desk, then rabit the legs to the
plate, run those to a mortise in the feet.
Alan
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:48:06 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Making up a art desk for a christmas present which is an angled top about
>26" deep. I've glued up stock to make feet which will run parallel to the
>sides which are like you see on traditional work benches. What is the
>proper "dimension" of those feet? Currently I am about 4-5" shorter in
>length and 1.5" thick. Plan to connect to the art desk with a plate across
>the bottom at an interior baffle in the desk, then rabit the legs to the
>plate, run those to a mortise in the feet.
>
>Alan
Listen to Beethoven.
Look at Leonardo.
Is there not always a mass that provides the underpinning?
Regard that Classical Consolidator - Palladio.
His books are out of protection by more years than a few and can be
had cheap in replication.
Dover is a good house for the Classics.
The design of columns will provide a clue.
Regards,
Tom.
"People funny. Life a funny thing." Sonny Liston
Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
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http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
A Womack <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Making up a art desk for a christmas present which is an angled top
> about 26" deep. I've glued up stock to make feet which will run
> parallel to the sides which are like you see on traditional work
> benches. What is the proper "dimension" of those feet? Currently I
> am about 4-5" shorter in length and 1.5" thick. Plan to connect to
> the art desk with a plate across the bottom at an interior baffle in
> the desk, then rabit the legs to the plate, run those to a mortise in
> the feet.
>
> Alan
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type of foot.
A google search found me a bench with the feet shape, picture was about
300K so dialup users beware.
http://www.digitallitter.com/worldtree/workbench/workbench1.jpg
It's not my bench, just the feet dimensions are what I am curious about
in a design function.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:48:06 +0000, A Womack wrote:
> Making up a art desk for a christmas present which is an angled top about
> 26" deep. I've glued up stock to make feet which will run parallel to the
> sides which are like you see on traditional work benches. What is the
> proper "dimension" of those feet? Currently I am about 4-5" shorter in
> length and 1.5" thick. Plan to connect to the art desk with a plate across
> the bottom at an interior baffle in the desk, then rabit the legs to the
> plate, run those to a mortise in the feet.
>
Don't understand exactly what you're looking for, but here's the golden
ratio if you need it: 1.61803399 = ( 1 + sqrt(5) )/2
--
"Keep your ass behind you"
vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:10:04 -0500, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:48:06 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Making up a art desk for a christmas present which is an angled top about
>>26" deep. I've glued up stock to make feet which will run parallel to the
>>sides which are like you see on traditional work benches. What is the
>>proper "dimension" of those feet? Currently I am about 4-5" shorter in
>>length and 1.5" thick. Plan to connect to the art desk with a plate across
>>the bottom at an interior baffle in the desk, then rabit the legs to the
>>plate, run those to a mortise in the feet.
>>
>>Alan
>
>
>Listen to Beethoven.
>
>Look at Leonardo.
>
>Is there not always a mass that provides the underpinning?
>
>Regard that Classical Consolidator - Palladio.
>
>His books are out of protection by more years than a few and can be
>had cheap in replication.
>
>Dover is a good house for the Classics.
Or if you like plain e-text, project Gutenberg has a whole lot of
them.
>
>The design of columns will provide a clue.
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Tom.
>
>"People funny. Life a funny thing." Sonny Liston
>
>Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
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