tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94774806193733357.post5889869548052087676..comments2022-07-05T21:08:42.792-04:00Comments on WV Woodshed: ??Question?? - Milling Table Legswvwoodshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743743656263676540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94774806193733357.post-74885766632718120932012-02-11T21:18:18.182-05:002012-02-11T21:18:18.182-05:00"Can you do this with a table saw or do you n..."Can you do this with a table saw or do you need a bandsaw?"<br /><br />You can definitely get away without a bandsaw. The caveat is to make sure your stock is flat/square enough to safely run through the table saw. You don't want to bind sending twisted stock through the TS!<br /><br />You wrote above about cutting two 3.5" pieces from the stock and then starting to mill. So - I assume you have a jigsaw to do that, or it's already flat/square enough to run through the TS.<br /><br />I would find where I want the legs then rough out individually or in groups of two with a jigsaw. Then go to the jointer and flatten/square those enough to be safe on my TS. Then use the table saw to rip out the pieces, tilting the blade to the angle I want by sighting down the end where I drew my tilted square.<br /><br />Man - sometimes really hard in words! Hope that makes sense.<br /><br />Jigsaw to rough out. Jointer to flatten/square enough to use the TS. Tilt the TS blade and rip out the individual legs. Then Joint, plane, TS, etc to get to dimension.Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167317950868566497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94774806193733357.post-53961247693587244692012-02-11T20:22:58.524-05:002012-02-11T20:22:58.524-05:00I would rough out all 4 legs from the stock (2&quo...I would rough out all 4 legs from the stock (2" or so each). You can angle them slightly in the 9" wide board if you need to get some straighter grain. You can also rotate them slightly to get more rift-sawn grain. <br /><br />OK - maybe that is going to confuse you further ;) Your method will also work no problem - I'm just trying to:<br />1) Go to the jointer once (after roughing out all 4 legs)<br />2) Get the best grain on the 4 faces of each leg.<br /><br />I'll shoot you a photo on twitter of what I mean by the above (at least, maybe it'll help ;)Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167317950868566497noreply@blogger.com