Pattern Thoughts

With all of the curvyness on this sideboard, patterns are really useful. These three have seen a good deal of use the past few days. I use solid material for patterns, usually remnants of shop sawn veneer or slightly thicker stock. I prefer solid to engineered materials because I use hand tools to shape them and really don't like to use hand tools on mdf, plywood, etc.

Shapely Legs

Working the inside faces of the legs. With profiles cut on all 4 faces of each leg, holding them while working those faces was tricky. The saddles made from offcuts (and faced with cardboard to protect the work) were very helpful, as was some good old ingenuity.

Working To The Line

Here is one of the legs in a cradle, secured to my bench. On the vertical face of the leg, closest to the camera, you can just see the line that I'll work down to using a block plane and spokeshaves.

A Leg Cradle

I'll use a few of those leg offcuts to make cradles to hold the legs while cleaning up the band sawn edges.