Comments

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   shavemaker | Jun 27, 2009 04:04am | #1

   Sensational design!

   I am always so impressed when people can pull off cantilevered designs with such elan! This is a great balance (no pun intended!) between what looks like a very graceful, 'light' design and something of obvious strength and weight. Well done!

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   rhenton | Jun 29, 2009 05:09pm | #2

   Beautiful design. How is it structurally fastened at the bottom?

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   Red_F | Jul 02, 2009 03:54am | #3

   hey rhenton,
   The post fits through from the bottom of the base. Then I routed grooves across the base and post on the bottom. Then I glued splines in and it has held for 5 years now.

   And Thanks for the compliment shavemaker.

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   pilotjoe | Jul 05, 2009 06:17pm | #4

   Beautiful! Blaine, May I ask what is the angle you used and did you just select that angle because it looked right? Thanks.

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   Red_F | Jul 08, 2009 01:30am | #5

   Thanks Pilotjoe, I made this a few years ago and don't remember exactly, but I think I set the angle of the post according to how it looked. I did a few sketches and then set the post behind some boards that simulated the base and a couple of shelves. I adjusted the post until it looked correct and that was it. By the way I have a cousin named Joe who was a pilot.