substitue for a turned post.

Run it through the tablesaw and chamfer the legs. You may also route flutes into it.

Dave

This is a great suggestion, or you could cut them with a bandsaw and produce something that is out-of-ordinary. You can do tapers, curves, curve down to a broader foot, etc. Lots of possibilites that won't come off looking like another turned leg.

"TeamCasa" wrote in news:416fe33d snipped-for-privacy@Usenet.com:

Take the chamfer to an extreme, and make octagonal posts. If no tablesaw, use a plane.

Use a spokeshave to cut stopped chamfers.

Make a square, tapered post...it can taper to be quite thin at one end (using table saw or plane, etc).

Use a router to cut a bead on the 4 corners. If no router, use a scratchstock.

Instead of a "post", use a piece that's wider in the front to back dimension, and cut some sort of ornamental bracket/gingerbread type shape into it, using a bandsaw/scrollsaw/fretsaw/coping saw, whichever is available.

Take your post & taper it both ways from the center, use the plane to make it octagonal, then 16-sided, then round (you can get very close to perfectly round with a block plane & a little care)...now you have a round post with a nice swell in the middle, without any lathe involved.

Lots of possibilities here...

John

Folks,

Thanks for all the great ideas. You have got my brain working so I should be ok from here.

Thanks again

substitue for a turned post. Group: rec.woodworking Date: Fri, Oct 15, 2004, 2:21pm (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Larry=A0C) needs to know: Can anyone give me some ideas on how I can dress up this part of my front leg. I would rather not have just a square post there.

Yes, I can see that having a front leg with a square post would not be good.

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