Woodworker's Journal 1992-16-6, страница 39

thick by 4'/2 in. wide by at least 4 ft. long. The traditional process to make a bracket foot, such as that on our desk, was to use a combination of hollow and round molding planes. The round sole planes established the concave portion of the molded foot, the hollow planes rounded the convex shape. The craftsman used a simple wooden template to check his profiles as the work progressed. Experienced craftsmen typi

cally developed a "book" of such templates for their most commonly used shapes and molding profiles.

Traditional hollow and round molding planes are still quite common, and can be purchased for about % 15 lo $30. If you arc lucky, you may even find a complete set of both hollows and rounds by the same manufacturer. However, a more modern approach to making bracket feet uses the table saw for most

of the work.

In a perfect world, every 10 in. table saw blade measures exactly 10 in. in diameter, and detailing a setup for making a cove cut on the table saw requires that we simply provide a blade height and a fence angle setting for you to duplicate on your saw. However, the problem with calling out a specific fence angle setting is that the angle will produce the desired cove only if your

November/December 1992