LEGS
Make a cardboard pattern for the legs, following the design in the drawing. To ensure the strength of the Legs, lay the pattern onto your stock so that the wood grain runs from the top to the bottom, as in the drawing.

Use your Bandsaw or Scroll Saw to cut them out (if you have a Bandsaw, you could pad saw all three Legs at once)…then sand them smooth using a Drum Sander. Round the edges using a Router Table Shaper with a Round-Over Bit or Radius Cutter. To round the concave areas where the Legs join with the Spindle, use a 1/1-2” diameter Drum Sander.

Next, drill the dowel holes in the Spindle/Pedestal (C) for mounting the three Legs at 120-degree increments around the circumference of the Spindle.

NOTE: Lay them out and drill them as accurately as possible, since you will have to mate them with matching holes in each of the three Legs during assembly. Be very careful not to drill all the way through the Spindle or the Legs.

Saw a kerf in the top of the Spindle; remove the Brace from the Table Top and mount it to the Spindle, using glue and tapping-in a small wedge to lock the two pieces together.

Attach the Legs to the Spindle with dowels and glue. Use a discarded, cut-up inner tube, wrapped around the Legs to hold everything together while the assembly dries (See Fig. 2).

Screw on the top and apply the finish of your choice.

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