Popular Woodworking 2003-12 № 138, страница 48
Legs: It's all in the Growth Rings Pay attention to the end grain for great-looking legs. Making tapered legs for a table is a bit more complicated than most woodworkers imagine. Years ago when I built my first Shaker occasional table I cut the legs from a single slab of nice-looking 8/4 cherry. Everything looked great until I applied the top-coat finish. Something was wrong, but at first I couldn't put my finger on it. Two of the legs looked good, but the others stuck out like a sore thumb. The front and back faces of the legs looked diff erent than the sides. Little did I know that I had just gotten a painful lesson in the difference between flat-sawn and quartersawn figure. The End Tells the Story To understand this important point without having to ruin a nice set of legs yourself , take a look at the photos at right. by Christopher Schwarz Comments or questions1 Contact Chris at 513-531-2690 ext. 1407 or chris.schwarz@fwpubs.com. Quartersawn leg Grain looks the same from all ' four sides \ Flatsawn leg One face shows flat- sawn grain The other shows quarter- sawn grain 72 Popular Woodworking December 2003 |
