Popular Woodworking 2001-08 № 123, страница 57After drilling out the mortises in the feet using my drill press, With the mortise-and-tenon joints complete, I transferred the shape of the legs from the I cleaned up the mortise and squared the corners with a template to the pieces. Band saw the shape, then sand the edges smooth.You might note chisel. I'm glad they shot this picture because I don't use that the grain orientation on the feet isn't really the best, as it makes a weak support. But hand tools too often. when making a reproduction.... to make the mortises in a square piece of wood, so I cut the mortises on the feet and top cross braces before shaping them. I used my drill press to cut the 3/s" x 2" x -deep mortise on the feet because the 73/8" -wide board wouldn't fit in my bench-top mortiser. However, my mortiser worked fine for the 3/8" x 2" through-mortises in the top braces. Cut the tenons on the leg pieces (which go between the feet and top cross braces) SHAKER TRESTLE TABLE on the table saw. First define the shoulder of the tenon by setting the rip fence for the tenon length and set your blade height for 1/4". Cut the shoulders on the two wide sides of the legs using the miter gauge, then raise your blade height to 13/16" and define the shoulders on the two edges. Reset the fence for the length of the other tenon and repeat the process. SHAKER TRESTLE TABLE
Notes* TBE The legs and stretcher are held together with an edge-lap joint.The legs are notched through the mortise-and-tenon joint (above),and a mating notch is cut in the stretcher (right). Notes* TBE Popular Woodworking |