Workers Of Wood

Here is how I made a pedestal out of Western Maple.
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Great job Herb, you sure do nice work . Sure wish I was your neighbour, so I could learn from a pro . Exchange knowledge for beer lol

Very nice...thanks for spending the time to get the pics in....

The fence on the router table seems far back...I'm guessing you ran the piece left to right...? I've needed to do that from time to time...

Nickp wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:25 pm Very nice...thanks for spending the time to get the pics in....

The fence on the router table seems far back...I'm guessing you ran the piece left to right...? I've needed to do that from time to time...

Nick, the only way I could get the face profile like I wanted it, I was still cutting against the rotation of the bit.
Herb

WHOA!!! very nice...
compound rebated rabbets done to perfection... Way to go Herb....
How did you cut those long tapers???...

Your eye for book matching your panels is right on time....

what was your method to maintain your accuracy on the rest of compound joinery???
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I used a taper sled jig to cut the long tapers.
The rebated rabbet was cut with a router bit,on the router table
I tried a lock miter and spent a lot of time setting up, but couldn't get it to come out perfect so went to the rabbet bit. I was able to book match the grains on 3 sides, but the 4th side had to to be what ever it was.
All the rest of the miters were cut on the table saw.
The architectural profiles were both cut on the router table with a couple of picture frame bits from the set of 4.
The finish is a coat of shellac and 2 coats of minwax clear polyurethane.
Herb

That looks fantastic Herb. Tapers add an elegance to pieces but I have not employed them to often.

Looks great Herb.

Beautiful Herb. Straight joinery would be impressive enough but when you add the taper to the equation is much more difficult.

Chuck, Now you tell me, I thought that all pedestal were tapered to give them stability having a larger footprint than the top.
But I will take the compliment anyway.Thanks.
Herb

Some pedestals have feet like pedestal tables.They don't need to be tapered. Some are more like lecterns. If they have a small footprint they would need to be.