Charlie, For a gate leg table, that's an interesting design with only four legs. As for the carving, I wonder if you might draw it flat as if you unwrapped it from the leg and then use Flowify to wrap it up. I would employ the "Dave Method" so you can run Flowify on a much larger scale. Since you have the table at hand you could get an idea of what the carving looks like flat by wrapping a piece of paper tightly around tand then do a rubbing with a wax crayon. That would also make it easier to get dimensions off the carving. Just a little nit picking on your model: I noticed you've got apron parts inside the leg components. That's not the best structure. [image: Your arrangement] [image: A better arrangement] With this arrangement, each discreet part is a component. Having a component nested with loose geometry can create problems for you. For example, if you wanted to create a cutlist from your model, the legs wouldn't appear in the list. By nesting them the way I have in the second image, the leg and the "Short hinge" will both appear. I have a drop leaf table that looks similar to yours although it isn't a gate leg and there's no carving on the legs. My grandparents acquired it in about 1938 and it was about 100 years old then. My father grew up eating at it as did my siblings and I. my son has also grown up eating at that table. It's a curious thing, though. the top and leaves are white oak while the legs and aprons are maple. My grandfather refinished it when he got and it still looks great.

Thanks, as always, tuna.

I haven't thought about the blivit since I stopped reading Mad Magazine every month. Wonder if it could be modeled in SketchUp--not just the edges, but the faces, too. Best, dh

Thank you, sir.

Thank you Charlie. Thanks for the tutorial should go to Box. As for the stretchers on the floor, it is an odd thing. This piece was made that way or maybe they dragged the table around enough over the years to wear the legs down. I don't think I'd build the table with the stretchers right down on the floor like this because it would accentuate an uneven floor. But that's the way the original was made so that's what I drew. And stretcher is indeed the correct word.

Well dense would be appropriate. It's more edges than I would have chosen to use but from the file I started with, it would have been a whole lot of work to do more cleaning than I did and I decided it wasn't worth the time to reduce the entity count.

I think that does it. Thanks to TIG for suggesting the wedged tenon and to Charlie for producing yet another version of the joint. Best, dh

pbacot, thanks for the positive comments.

Thank you, Tuna.

Thanks, Tuna. It might help if the piece were made of soft wood.

Thank you for the good words, Dave.

Here's another vote for some GOOD wood textures. The only reason I use the seamless textures is because that is all that is available.

Thanks guys!

Thank you, alvis.

Thank you, Dave.

nlipovac, thanks for the thumb. to answer your question.... left space under shelf open because of the need for unobstructed space for cable box , dvd player etc. I see no gain in trying to hide center case support between the drawers. it would also unnecessarily complicate the build. just my feeling.

Thank you, Tuna.

Thanks for the info and reference to vCarve. Been interested in CNC for a long time, and hope to be in a position to invest in a machine sometime over this next year. SU/vCarve looks like a good software solution.

Mike Your positive comments much appreciated. Thanks.

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