Philip Morley Modern Dinning Table Splayed Leg Joinery
mark_ragnar
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Is this drawing wrong, or am I missing something? If there is a 3 degree angle on the apron and a suplementary 3 degree angle on the face of the leg where the tenon sholders sit would they not cancel out and make a 90 degree joint? It seams to me that the 3 degree angle should only be on the apron or leg, but not both, for a 3 degree splay of the leg. I’m headed to the shop to cut a test joint for a similar table base.
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The drawing is correct. To help visualize this, imagine that instead of 3 degrees, it was 30 degrees.
The drawing looks right. The tenon IS 90 degrees from the tenon shoulder, but the tenon shoulder is 3-1/2 degrees off from the top of the rail. The same goes for the mortise.
Yes the drawing is correct. Maybe it will help if you see the two pieces closer together. When the apron slides home, the top edge should be level with the top of the leg.
I built this table. It is beautiful but so many details of the build were left out.
There is a compound angle cut for the leg at the top and bottom that was easiest for me to do on a miter saw at 3.5 degrees and the beveled at 93.5 degrees. Lower end of the mortise needs to be made parallel to the top of the leg.
The apron is a trapezoid, (cut at 86.5 or 93.5 degrees depending on your point of view) narrower at the top. The top edge of the apron needs to be ripped at 93.5 degrees but I was getting confused with orientation of the cut and just hand planed it parallel to the top of the legs after glue up.
Thanks for the clarification. I even watched the video on YouTube and no mention was made of the compound angle. One more question. did you use a spokeshave or something to make the 86.5 angle on the underside of the apron (curved part) or did you just leave it at 90?
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