Another work in progress
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I've been noodling a new design for a Sheraton-style hall table. The latest version, here, has turned legs with reeds along the shaft. The curved front will include a drawer, or maybe two drawers. No joinery yet--I'm still working on proportions. And since I made the leg in five stages--reeds, curved ends to reeds, foot, turned top section, and pommel--there are undoubtedly some stray lines and extra faces in there somewhere. The drawer exists only in my imagination at this stage.
Let me know what you think.
Best,
dh
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Nice work, David. We'll be seeing that out of your shop in mahogany one of these days real soon, right?
Have you looked at how I tackled the reeds on that style of legs?
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Dave,
I don't have enough mahogany left for this one, so it'll be a virtual table for a while. I may use it at the Mini Maker Faire later this month. You and I followed the same basic routine for creating the legs. Your method produces cleaner components, though. You also have a faster way to make the pommel than the method I used.
Best,
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It'll be a good project for the Mini Maker Faire.
How did you make the pommel?
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Dave,
I used the Killen method: Draw the square portion of the leg. Hide a face. Draw a pommel shape along a diagonal and extrude it. Unhide the face and then intersect the square portion with the extruded pommel shape. Your method entails fewer steps and much less clean-up.
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