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Help with a table

MyNameIsMethos · 2011-04-16 12:26:49

Howdy all, I'm new to all this woodcrafting gig and in the process of making a table: tree trunk section for the top and carved branches for legs. The plan is not to use any metal in the joints and rather attach the legs by fitting them into the stump and fixing them with an epoxy resin. Question is: what would be the best…

16-04-2011 12:26pm

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MyNameIsMethos

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Howdy all, I'm new to all this woodcrafting gig and in the process of making a table: tree trunk section for the top and carved branches for legs. The plan is not to use any metal in the joints and rather attach the legs by fitting them into the stump and fixing them with an epoxy resin.

Question is: what would be the best way to create the required holes in the base of the stump? Keeping in mind I have no access to power tools at the moment!:D

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#2 16-04-2011 4:16pm

Carlow52

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Mallet and a bunch of mortising wood chisels such as these
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=66737&cat=1,41504

and if going v deep get a swan neck one

the link is to show the steel collars which will take more abuse : I am not recommending them as a make, or otherwise

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