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RE: Transformations - cputnam - 07-03-2020
'Tis amazing how obvious the solution is once one is given the answers. Fabulous work sir!
RE: Transformations - Derek Cohen - 07-03-2020
Thanks so much Curt.
Regards from Perth
Derek
RE: Transformations - Derek Cohen - 07-03-2020
I had meant to mention the way I dealt with the dowels, the leg joinery, but there was not the opportunity.
Here are the legs, and you can see the ugly dowels. What I did was to turn them upside down, and remove the dowelled section in the taper cut ...
![[Image: legs2.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5MGPPvv/legs2.jpg)
First, the legs were morticed ..
![[Image: legs16.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/K8vRqdfX/legs16.jpg)
I built a simple fixture for my sliding table saw ...
![[Image: legs8.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/GpyTpTXj/legs8.jpg)
The nail holes were filled with coloured epoxy, which disappeared after the finish was applied ...
![[Image: legs12.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/pTJgxydZ/legs12.jpg)
And then smoothed ...
![[Image: legs13.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/FR4220hz/legs13.jpg)
I was asked (when I posted this photo elsewhere) why I planed into the grain. The answer is ‘because I can with a closed chipbreaker’
No, the real answer is because it was easier to keep track of the mark demarcating the flat section.Regards from Perth
Derek
RE: Transformations - Derek Cohen - 07-04-2020
Rita's table at home ...
![[Image: Ritas-table1.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/YCykmsDT/Ritas-table1.jpg)
Regards from Perth
Derek
RE: Transformations - Nick Obermire - 07-04-2020
Now I can see why you cut it down a bit. It fits the space perfectly.
Good job!