Re: Dinner table legs profile - Habitat for Humanity Re-Stores

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:50:05 -0700

If you live in the United States, check your area to see if  "Habitat for Humanity" (H4H) has a Habitat Re-Store in your community.
If so, two things:

1.  Pay them a visit - you may find furniture that has been donated to them that you can use as Curtis describes below.  Habitat Re-Stores often get donations from builders and contractors. If a builder has "leftovers" that don't get installed in their homes (I've seen brand new Jacuzzi water jet tubs and many new doors and windows), they likely donate them to the local H4H Re-Store.  When contractors are doing remodels, and remove cabinets, bath fixtures, lighting, railings, etc., they also often donate them to H4H Re-Stores.
I know of a case where a local lumber mill had too much cherry (in 4/4 and 8/4 rough-sawn boards) and they donated LOTS of it to the Re-Store.  I've seen numerous tools for sale in them - including several Shopsmiths, Radial arm saws, Table saws, and recently a Router table with a 3 hp Freud Plunge router installed.

2.  You don't have to be a Builder or Contractor to donate to H4H Re-Stores - they will accept most of what you no longer need and would like to keep out of the landfill.  They are a recognized "Non-profit" for federal & state taxes.

Have a Great day.

Mac
-----Original Message-----
From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Sent: Apr 11, 2018 12:21 AM
To: "legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com"
Subject: Re: Dinner table legs profile

Hello Harvey
If I may, I would like to make a suggestion, What I did on my first Legacy turning , was to re-work an already made table leg. What I did was, I roped a normal table leg, much like what you showed us. The owner bought a Chinese made table (real beefy table legs.) his wife did not like it at all.  What I did was to take the legs off the table, mount them between the centers on the Legacy, and then, I used a 6" pitch with a 1 1/4" roping bit. (if my memory serves me correctly?) I roped the tapper and left the ends as they were. 
If you don't want to spend a lot of money, why not go to a salvation Army store, or any place who sells second hand furniture, You can buy a table,That has legs that you asked to make  for little money. You can rope/flute or reed, details on already made items, is a faster way to get the job done.  

The Legacy has a learning curve, sometimes the best way to beat the curve is by looking out side the box. (so to speak.) ;-)  I see the Legacy as a detail machine, If can do things that a Lathe can not, So I like to look at what the Legacy can do well, instead of how I can make the Legacy into a better lathe...


I look at all the table legs here, and then dream about how to re-work what is normal and then make it , My own Legacy.  creation . ;-)

Have a good Night .

C.A.G.


On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:24 PM, Harvey Matyas <hmatyas0...@gmail.com> wrote:

Mike
No I am not, however, I do have access to it at the Milwaukee Makerspace.  I have been tempted to make a lathe duplicator from one of my wood magazines, now may be the time to do it.
Harvey


On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Okla Mike (Liltwisted) <legacym...@iglide.net> wrote:
I guess the next question would be are you a wood turner as well, a lot of us are.
Mike OK

On 4/9/2018 10:18 PM, Harvey wrote:
Mike

I was looking at something like this


I downloaded a picture of one of the legs and I was going to try and cut a profile in Vcarve in order to get dimensions.


Thanks 

Harvey

On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 9:37:54 PM UTC-5, LILtwisted wrote:
If you have some pictures of some  direction you are leaning, we most certainly can help.
Mike OK

On 4/9/2018 9:18 PM, Harvey wrote:
Today, my wife asked me to build her a new dinning room table.
She showed me several plans that she likes, then asked if I could make dinner table legs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Harvey

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