Sawing the Legs

2012.09.26

I crosscut some blanks from a narrow piece of 8/4 alder, then began resawing them to make the legs.

Laying out crosscuts for table legs in 8/4 alder
Resawing 8/4 alder for table legs

Then I squared them with the jointer plane.

Resawn alder for legs
Squaring leg for table leg

At length, I had eight legs ready.  At this point, they were about 1–1/2″ square, as I had originally designed.  But, holding a couple of them up and imagining the table, I really began to feel that they were too fat.

Eight alder legs roughed out