Coffee Table - Mackintosh Inspired

Step 10 End curve

Your legs just need their end curve now. This is achieved using the template pictured.

I projected the radius in 3D CAD to a work plane and measured it. Will add this radius when I find it.

Anyways, projected radius is marked on 6mm MDF which when bent around the leg gives the true radius. Neat, eh? Cut this with the jig saw and smooth with a rasp and file.

Remember that center line we marked earlier, well this is where you need it. It helps you align the template.

Put the template exactly at the legs end. Mark a line. Use the jigsaw to trim off the excess on the waste side of the line.

I had planned to use the bush guide against the template but when I set it up I realised cutter length was was going to be too short. So I did something dangerous I in no way endorse. I ran the shaft of the cutter against the template by having less of it in the collet than is safe. This worked because my cutter diameter is the same as shaft diameter.

Take care and take light cuts. You don't want to drop a router cutter spinning at 20,000 RPM on your foot.