I need to make a "pedestal" or foot for a couch ( or three or four.)
The top will be 5" x 5", the sides concave down to 1.5" x 1.5", 5"
tall. I'm thinking, so far, a 5" x 5" piece of oak I can cut at 5" and
bandsaw the curves on all four sides ( but where to find a piece that
big. ) OR glue up four pieces to make the sides with a filler piece
inside and on top to take the weight of the couch and occupants. The
user will stain them himself so I need to come up with the finish sanded
product only, no finish.
Glue up some blanks into a solid 5x5 blank, then bandsaw cut out the
feet?? OR glue around a central core with good oak (matched grain)
showing???
John
On 12 Aug 2004 03:29:55 EDT, Mark and Kim Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mark and Kim Smith wrote:
>
>> I need to make a "pedestal" or foot for a couch ( or three or four.)
>> The top will be 5" x 5", the sides concave down to 1.5" x 1.5", 5"
>> tall. I'm thinking, so far, a 5" x 5" piece of oak I can cut at 5"
>> and bandsaw the curves on all four sides ( but where to find a piece
>> that big. ) OR glue up four pieces to make the sides with a filler
>> piece inside and on top to take the weight of the couch and
>> occupants. The user will stain them himself so I need to come up with
>> the finish sanded product only, no finish.
>
>Too hard of a question or is more explanation needed?
Mark and Kim Smith wrote:
> I need to make a "pedestal" or foot for a couch ( or three or four.)
> The top will be 5" x 5", the sides concave down to 1.5" x 1.5", 5"
> tall. I'm thinking, so far, a 5" x 5" piece of oak I can cut at 5"
> and bandsaw the curves on all four sides ( but where to find a piece
> that big. ) OR glue up four pieces to make the sides with a filler
> piece inside and on top to take the weight of the couch and
> occupants. The user will stain them himself so I need to come up with
> the finish sanded product only, no finish.
Too hard of a question or is more explanation needed?
Mark and Kim Smith wrote:
> Mark and Kim Smith wrote:
>
>> I need to make a "pedestal" or foot for a couch ( or three
>> or four.) The top will be 5" x 5", the sides concave down to
>> 1.5" x 1.5", 5" tall. I'm thinking, so far, a 5" x 5" piece
>> of oak I can cut at 5" and bandsaw the curves on all four
>> sides ( but where to find a piece that big. ) OR glue up
>> four pieces to make the sides with a filler piece inside and
>> on top to take the weight of the couch and occupants. The
>> user will stain them himself so I need to come up with the
>> finish sanded product only, no finish.
>
>
> Too hard of a question or is more explanation needed?
Sounds like a bandsaw should do the trick; but you may want to do
some final shaping after rough cutting with the BS - perhaps on a
spindle sander?
If you glue up smaller pieces you may want to consider strategies
to hide/minimize glue lines...
I don't think it's the difficulty of the question - I'm just not
sure what information you're after or how I might be helpful. d-:
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA