Trying something a little different for table legs

[blackhawk]

I am making a walnut coffee table using a slab that I milled and dried. I wanted something different for the legs, so I decided to make them oval. They are 3.2" x 6" and 18"' long. I glued these up from two pieces of 8/4 walnut.

 

[thebroofmoses]

Will be interesting to see the final product! Will the tabletop also match the oval profile?

 

[blackhawk]

No, it is a live edge slab.

 

[JNCarr]

Nice - how did you shape the oval profiles?

 

[blackhawk]

Nice - how did you shape the oval profiles?

I made them on my homemade CNC lathe that I added to my ShopBot.

 

[tri4sale]

I made them on my homemade CNC lathe that I added to my ShopBot.

OK so I want to know how you did this! I've got a ShopBot I'd love to add a CNC lathe too!

 

[blackhawk]

OK so I want to know how you did this! I've got a ShopBot I'd love to add a CNC lathe too!

I did this back in 2010. I documented it on the ShopBot forum. Here is a link: CNC lathe I spent under $1K back then. It would probably cost more than double that nowadays. I've not used it a whole lot. It works great, but it is slow. Each oval leg took a little over 2 hours to cut out. I can carve 3D elements on the round with it.