I will be posting the planter box project next week, this is an alternative leg design in case you don’t have a lathe in your shop. I will be sending out the drawing and cut list for this project in my next email newsletter.
I’ll start with 8/4 material for the legs and I want to offer an alternative leg design for anyone who doesn’t have a lathe to make the turned leg style featured in the video. After ripping my leg material to 1-7/8″, I’ll square up each leg and cut them to 21-1/4″.
Using the table saw, I set the blade at a 45 degree angle. I’ll make one pass on each side of the leg, rotating the leg with each pass. After making the first set of cuts, I’ll switch to the other side of the fence to cut opposing angles into the legs. I’ll flip the fence again to make another set of angled cuts at the bottom of the previous cuts.
With the notch removed from the leg, I’ll cut a 45 degree angle on each corner of the leg. Then I’ll set the mitre saw at 45 degrees to cut a chamfer at the bottom on each side of the leg.
For one last design element, I set the mitre saw at a 10 degree angle and cut each side of the leg to create a softer top edge of the leg posts for the planter box. These little details are easy to create with some basic tools but make a world of difference in your projects.
Stay tuned next week for the full garden planter project.
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