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A photo essay on furniture legs in the Arts & Craft style...
| Page 2 of 3: three, four and five piece furniture legs |
| End stubs trimmed from oak legs reveal the seperate pieces. The board ends are painted at the lumberyard for sorting. |
| This three piece example used thick veneers. The upside is they are more stable over decades, plus easier to machine. |
| Pencil lines help to show the parts of each leg. |
| The downside is they are more conspicuous. The overall appearance of the table turned out to be quite pleasing. The thick veneers are long forgotten... and blend in fine. |
| Three piece legs with thick veneers |
| feature a core wrapped with mitered sides. The advantage is invisible corner joints. The disadvantage is challenging execution, unforgiving corners and a tricky glue-up. Any gaps would spoil the legs. |
| Not being hollow helps these legs accept the poke- through tenons. These will be the ends of a Gustav Stickley library table. As a woodworker, you aim to keep challenging yourself and growing in your craft. These were satisfying to build! |
| Five piece legs |
| three, four and five piece leg construction |