A Little Slice of Burl, with legs
First_Warrior
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A friend gave me a little slice of maple burl. I figured i best make a table out of it. The slab is 32"x 28" and about 4" thick at the center. I bored three 1" holes in the bottom 1/1/2" deep to accept the legs. I thought 15 degrees would give the legs a little splay. I dug out three pieces of dry cherry, stuck them on the lathe and soon had 1" tendons turned on the ends with a slight inward taper to 5/8 at the foot. I soon figured that the legs needed a bracing system to keep everything rigid and in place. Back to my wood pile and found no cherry but instead found some sugar maple. I bandsawed out two pieces and went back to the lathe. I turned 3/4" dia rather long tendons on each end with a bulb shape in the center of each support. I dry fitted the legs and held a level up and marked each leg to accept the braces.On the drill press I bored a 3/4" hole in each leg at 15 degrees for the braces. I just eye balled them.After sanding everything I did my glue up. I'll oil everything to bring out the color and grain and then finish with laquer. Here's a couple of images. First after glue up and second after shorting one leg 1/2" to bring the little table into level. 
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I have a few burl cuts that I should do something with.
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Eventually, the gallery fails and then blames the artists.
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