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The turned legs are just the segment below the carcase, right? Not integral to the square corners? If so, I like the plan to use sepele. The slight difference in species will go unnoticed, since there is a natural break between to components.

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On 2/7/2025 at 1:18 PM, wtnhighlander said:

The turned legs are just the segment below the carcase, right? Not integral to the square corners? If so, I like the plan to use sepele. The slight difference in species will go unnoticed, since there is a natural break between to components.

That's right ... my lathe isn't big enough to mount the whole leg ... so I was just going to turn a ~7/8" tenon about 2" long on the round part and glue it into a drilled hole at the end of the square part, which I hope should be strong enough.

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On 2/7/2025 at 2:18 PM, wtnhighlander said:

The turned legs are just the segment below the carcase, right? Not integral to the square corners? If so, I like the plan to use sepele. The slight difference in species will go unnoticed, since there is a natural break between to components.

+1 on using sapele. Nobody is going to be looking at the feet anyway with the rest of it so beautifully ornate.

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Just in case you haven't considered it, you have my cross-grain wood movement tingles going with that upper stretcher going into the side rails and the legs. I think it's OK, but on the cusp.

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On 2/18/2025 at 6:53 AM, Von said:

Just in case you haven't considered it, you have my cross-grain wood movement tingles going with that upper stretcher going into the side rails and the legs. I think it's OK, but on the cusp.

I don't think I need to worry ... the piece is less than 4" wide, and it's only cross-grain for the last 2" on the side rails.

I could have left it floating by the side rails, but dovetailing into the rails does add a little bit of rigidity.

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On 2/18/2025 at 9:53 AM, h3nry said:

I don't think I need to worry ... the piece is less than 4" wide, and it's only cross-grain for the last 2" on the side rails.

I could have left it floating by the side rails, but dovetailing into the rails does add a little bit of rigidity.

Agreed. I overestimated the width from the photo. At <4" the movement should be negligible. 

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