Step 1.02

[rhull]

I got busy with my bandsaw and planer and found some pretty legs inside the 12/4 lumber. Still need to joint perpendicular sides and plane to final size so I can taper the legs.



Why 12/4? I wanted to be able to get the grain running on the diagonal so I'd have the same grain appearance on all sides of the legs. Of course it is possible to glue up multiple flatsawn boards and achieve this, but I didn't want to fight with trying to get things looking right.




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[Ruffnek]

You're right, Rob...those will be some nice looking legs.

You are right, too, to use 12/4 stock and orient it the way you did. You now will have straight grain on all four sides of the leg versus straight grain on two sides and cathedral grain on two sides. Good stuff.

[Leo Voisine]

Nice to know that about the grain on the legs.

Interesting project.

[Joe Lyddon]

COOL way of getting the grain that way...

I saw an episode of Woodsmith (video) on cutting 1/4" strips & gluing them on the two sides... to get the qtr-sawn grain 'look' on all sides... Your way is easier! ;D ;D

[rhull]

Nov 30, 2009 12:36:20 GMT -6 Joe Lyddon said:

I saw an episode of Woodsmith (video) on cutting 1/4" strips & gluing them on the two sides... to get the qtr-sawn grain 'look' on all sides... Your way is easier! ;D ;D

Technically speaking this isn't QS, because the grain presents at 45 degrees to the surface of the wood. None of the four sides has that characteristic QS cherry appearance.

[Joe Lyddon]

You can use the same technique to make ALL sides with the same grain appearance...

[rhull]

I've seen that method of putting QS grain on 4 sides of a leg. I've always thought the whole cross-grain gluing didn't seem like it would last...

In any case, I wasn't going for QS grain here, so the method I used works just fine.