Hi guys, I am making a stool in Indian Rosewood for SWMBO, to go with a lovely Gordon Russel dressing table we recently purchased. Initially, all was going very well, however, I did not give due consideration to how the thing was going to fit together and am now faced with a tricky problem of jointing the legs to the side rails. The problem is that the legs are tapered and the side of the rails angled, so I have no straight faces to work the domino jointer from, if I use that and I don't want any fixings etc showing. The legs are a kind of square ellipse, two faces at different angles....
Here is a picture of the dressing table, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-English ... 0558133282 I am making the stool as an exact scaled down version, minus the mirror of course. If you look carefully, you will see the design and the problems it poses. Perhaps I should also ask, if you copying this from scratch, how would design the joints etc ?
does anyone have any ideas? I am pondering on making some kind of jig to hold the legs at the correct angle for using the domino but that leads to the issue of transferring the correct angle in reverse to the other piece - if it's out just a few mm I am knackered. Or I could try some kind of joint, a lap joint or partial tenon, but not sure what would look best etc, or be practical to do..Or I could dowel through using a contrasting wood or even the same wood. What do you reckon?
Cheers, Mark
Here is a picture of the dressing table, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-English ... 0558133282 I am making the stool as an exact scaled down version, minus the mirror of course. If you look carefully, you will see the design and the problems it poses. Perhaps I should also ask, if you copying this from scratch, how would design the joints etc ?
does anyone have any ideas? I am pondering on making some kind of jig to hold the legs at the correct angle for using the domino but that leads to the issue of transferring the correct angle in reverse to the other piece - if it's out just a few mm I am knackered. Or I could try some kind of joint, a lap joint or partial tenon, but not sure what would look best etc, or be practical to do..Or I could dowel through using a contrasting wood or even the same wood. What do you reckon?
Cheers, Mark