Make an Asian-Inspired Hall Table

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   user-7420344 | May 07, 2019 04:41pm | #1

   Is the project plan still available? The link 404s.

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   BenStrano | May 08, 2019 09:06am | #2

   Fixed the link. It's available here.

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   user-7420344 | May 08, 2019 09:17am | #3

   Thanks, Ben, you're a true champion of the web!

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   JWCollier | May 12, 2022 08:58am | #4

   I am in the last stages of building this and I’ve learned a lot of new techniques. I have made the stepped mortises in the lower rails and I am ready to turn the rails into parallelograms, but I’m confused about the 2 degree cant. That shoulder angle is on the end of the aprons, causing the legs to splay out 2 degrees as viewed from the front or back. The inside faces of the legs were tapered using the sled and planer technique, so that angle is unknown and it is variable because of the downward flex in the legs as they were going through the planer. I’m worried that the legs are not identical. This may need a re-do of the base, keeping the beautiful top since it is thankfully screwed on and not glued.

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   DaveRichards | May 12, 2022 09:27am | #5

   The 2° angle for the stretcher is based on the way Rousseau makes the legs for the table. It's roughly the average angle off vertical of the centerline of the legs at that height. That also ends up being the bevel angle for the top and bottom faces of the stretcher. If your legs are different, you can certainly change that angle.

   Before you redo the entire base, dry assemble it without the stretchers and stand it up on a level surface. Or maybe better, invert it on a level surface. Then figure out the appropriate angle based on your legs. I mean on your table's legs. It should work out fine. If it's not 2°, you'll be the only one who knows.