Finally got around to shaping the legs.

First pic is the legs after routing to shape second one is the mess left after that monster pattern bit did it's job.

Looking good.  The sawdust is flying.

Busy day!

Not sure what the blanks looked like before you pattern cut them, but when I do such things I bandsaw trim within 1/4" or so from the outline before taking them to the router.  Still plenty of chips and dust produced, but less if you've only left 1/8" or less to trim off. 

4D

Good to see you're getting the shop messy. Sadly all those walnut chips are only good for the burn pit...well unless you have a giant press stashed out of view where you plan to make walnut OSB...hmmm?

Did I count an odd number of legs (11)?  BTW I love doing pattern routing like that!

Edited August 17, 20223 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

37 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

Not sure what the blanks looked like before you pattern cut them, but when I do such things I bandsaw trim within 1/4" or so from the outline before taking them to the router.  Still plenty of chips and dust produced, but less if you've only left 1/8" or less to trim off. 

4D

That was the method. 

 

3 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Did I count an odd number of legs (11)?  BTW I love doing pattern routing like that!

The 12th one was bashful. Hadn't removed the dubble stick tape, yet.

 

13 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Good to see you're getting the shop messy. Sadly all those walnut chips are only good for the burn pit...well unless you have a giant press stashed out of view where you plan to make walnut OSB...hmmm?

Walnut shavings and sawdust gets spread around the perimeter of the shop. It's  caustic to weeds. 

Looks great Gene! Cant wait to see the finished product.

On 8/17/2022 at 10:59 AM, Gene Howe said:

Walnut shavings and sawdust gets spread around the perimeter of the shop. It's  caustic to weeds. 

I do that with the piney Pine-Sol sawdust. Seems to keep the flies away.

 

On 8/17/2022 at 10:45 AM, Grandpadave52 said:

all those walnut chips are only good for the burn pit

Grandma would boil prickly cactus and hoof of roadkill into a paraffin, mix in the walnut chips, press it into pucks by hand, and heat her home through the winter. 

 

Me, I like piped natural gas.