Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-5, страница 40

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Left Front Leg

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necessary if you decide to turn the foot on the lathe as I do.

Once the leg has been squared up, trace your leg pattern on one face of your blank. Then place the pattern on a face adjacent to the one on which the pattern is marked, making sure the back corner of the post at the top of the leg meets the back corner of the post on the previously marked face. (Please study the photo below left and the one on page 43 before tackling this mark-up.) Once the cabriole shapes have been marked on two adjacent faces, mark the locations of the various mortises each post will require. Remember that no two posts have exactly the same mortise arrangement. There is a right and left front post and a right and left back post, with each of these four requiring a different mortise layout.

Next, chop each of the mortises. While this can be done after the legs have been shaped, it is much easier to do when the stock is square in cross section. I used a Forstner bit in my drill press to rough in these mortises. I then squared them up with a paring chisel.

Careful work on the banc! saw will save you time when you later move

Mark the leg pattern on two adjacent faces of each leg blank, taking care to place the pattern so that the posts at the top of each leg-tracing meet.

Starting from the Ground Up

The fabrication of this highboy's four cabriole legs demands a considerable investment of time. If you're a first-timer, please don't be disheartened if, after a week of hard work, you're still working on them.

Begin by squaring up your leg stock. The blanks should finish out at a minimum of 2%" on a side with a length of 36%". This length includes the finished length of the leg (35%"), plus one additional inch which is

trays to the top drawer of the lower case. I also added three secret compartments to my edition. One of those will appear in the final installment of this project in the next issue, and the other two

are — well, secret.

40 October 2009 Woodivorker's Journal