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1. 
   SteveSchoene | Jan 08, 2006 07:16pm | #1

   Unless you can work with great precision, you should cut the leaves, mill the rule joints, and mount the hinges before you make the table round.  Otherwise, small glitches conspire to make the table not have a less than smooth transition when the leaves are raised. 

   I would first cut with a jigsaw, and then trim with router on a circle cutting jig. 

   As far as plans, any Pembroke table can be converted from square or eliptical tops to round tops. 

   There are advantages to eliptical tops since having the somewhat shallower curve run across the front of the base makes it easier to match a front curve of the base to the curve of the front.   An 18" wide table base, with the front having a round profile, the center of the bow would be roughly 2 1/4" in front of the edges.   Or without a bow, say a rectangular base, 18" wide, and with the top overhanging about one inch on the sides, the center of the rail would over three inches inset from the table top. 

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   teabags | Jan 08, 2006 07:42pm | #2

   Hello. Take steves advice, rough cut shape and fit hinges before edge moulding. book to have a look at "The technique of furniture making by Ernest Joyce"( page 381 in my copy ) several reprints. As you don't have a lathe you could go for square legs with stopped chamfers  good luck and we wait the photos .regards Teabag.