On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:03:57 -0700, Richard Green wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm fairly new to turning and am working on a shaker bedside table for
my bedroom. The legs are 25" long and taper from 1 1/2" to 3/4" along
the bottom 20". There is no beading or other decoration along the
taper, just a straight line. I've done pretty good with the first two
legs, but have been wondering if there is a more accurate and easier
way to do this. What I have been doing is turning the top of the taper
to size, then turning the bottom of the taper to size. I also turn a
section about halfway down to a about an 1". I then connect the three
sections by eye. The legs look good, but I know they do not form a
perfectly smooth taper from one section to the next and that they are
not consistant from leg to leg.

Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks,
Richard

Norm would probably:

Build a taper jig for the table saw

Cut 4 tapered legs after glue dries and nails are removed from taper jig

Mount them on the lathe between centers and sand well using shop-built sanding
block.

I tried the eccentric tail stock on the Shopsmith once and decided that I was
not skilled enough to read the directions and the tapered leg sample turning was
VERY weird..


mac

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