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SUPPLIES

Wood: wood of choice—one piece 1/4" x 2" x 8" (for body of holder), one piece 3/4" x 3/4'^: x 6" (for feet) Tools: scroll saw with assorted blades: drill with

assorted bits Temporary-bond spray adhesive Sandpaper, assorted grits CA (cyanoacrylate) glue Finish of choice

Introduction

Put your best foot forward... or use one of John Nelson's fourteen compound-cut feet. Expand your creativity by adding these foot patterns to your library of woodworking plans. Make a simple project an elegant one with a minimum of effort and materials. As an example, you may recall Nelson's "Keepsake Chest" from the November 2003

issue of Creative Woodworks & Crafts. It was just a plain and simple box, until it was dressed up with some com-pound-cut feet, hinges and handles. What a difference that made!

Making samples of the feet and gluing them on 2" x 2" squares gives you something to help visualize scale and how they will look when applied to a project. They're also useful for showing your customers to choose from. Let's beat feet to the shop

INSTRUCTIONS

Cutting feet

There are fourteen foot patterns found in the pattern pull-out section, all sized for cutting from 3/4" x 3/4" stock. Enlarge or reduce them to fit the scale of a given project. I enlarged the pattern for foot No. 13 by 200% and cut it from 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" poplar to illustrate the process involved in cutting all of the feet. The pattern is folded on the cen-terline and then glued to the wood. Drilling blade entry

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Fig. 1. Drilled and ready to cut.

Fig. 2. Making the first cut.

Fig. 3. Finishing the foot. Fig. 4. Remove the foot from the block.

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