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CORBEL PATTERN
pieces, using a story pole to transfer the measurements. I then
laid out the other four leg pieces as right-handed, marking the
locations of the grooves for the panels and the mortises that hold
the stiles and rails together.
The mortises are the same width as, and in line with, the
grooves that capture the panels. These^3 ⁄ 8 "-wide grooves are set^
(^1) ⁄ 2 " back from the outside face of the stiles and rails, so I had to
be careful to keep all the parts oriented correctly as I milled the
grooves.
I cut the stopped grooves with a stack dado set on the table
saw, carefully lowering and raising the legs on and off the cutters.
Because the mortises fall in the ends of the grooves, the exact
length of the grooves isn’t critical. The grooves in the rails and in
the intermediate stiles run the full length of those parts. After mill-
ing all the grooves, I began making mortises with my hollow-chisel
mortiser, setting the distance from the fence to the chisel to match
the location of the groove.
The tenons were cut with a stack dado set on the table saw,
and then trimmed to a piston fi t with a shoulder plane. With the
individual panels dry-assembled, I made sure that the faces of the
joints were fl ush with a few swipes of my smoothing plane.
NO. ITEM DIMENSIONS (INCHES) MATERIAL COMMENTS
T W L
❏ 2 Top stiles 11 ⁄ 4 45 ⁄ 8 41 Jatoba
❏ 2 Top end rails 11 ⁄ 4 45 ⁄ 8 133 ⁄ 4 Jatoba 11^3 ⁄ 4 " between tenons, 1" TBE
❏ 2 Top center rails 11 ⁄ 4 4 13^3 ⁄ 4 Jatoba 11^3 ⁄ 4 " between tenons, 1" TBE
❏ 2 Top end panels^1 ⁄ 2 63 ⁄ 4 123 ⁄ 4 Maple^3 ⁄ 8 " x^1 ⁄ 2 " tongue around edge
❏ 1 Top center panel^1 ⁄ 2 131 ⁄ 4 123 ⁄ 4 Maple^3 ⁄ 8 " x^1 ⁄ 2 " tongue around edge
❏ 8 Legs 11 ⁄ 4 31 ⁄ 2 233 ⁄ 4 Jatoba
❏ 4 F&B, top & bottom rails 11 ⁄ 4 31 ⁄ 2 35 Jatoba 33" between tenons, 1" TBE
❏ 4 F & B , c e n t e r s t i l e s 11 ⁄ 4 23 ⁄ 4 153 ⁄ 4 Jatoba 13^3 ⁄ 4 " between tenons, 1" TBE
❏ 4 F&B end panels^1 ⁄ 2 8 14^3 ⁄ 4 Maple^3 ⁄ 8 " x^1 ⁄ 2 " tongue around edge
❏ 2 F&B center panels^1 ⁄ 2 141 ⁄ 2 143 ⁄ 4 Maple^3 ⁄ 8 " x^1 ⁄ 2 " tongue around edge
❏ 4 Side, top & bottom rails 11 ⁄ 4 31 ⁄ 2 15 Jatoba 13" between tenons, 1" TBE
❏ 2 Side panels^1 ⁄ 2 14 14^3 ⁄ 4 Maple^3 ⁄ 8 " x^1 ⁄ 2 " tongue around edge
❏ 16 Corbels^3 ⁄ 8 21 ⁄ 4 133 ⁄ 4 Jatoba Cut to pattern
❏ 2 Bottom cleats^3 ⁄ 4 3 ⁄ 4 371 ⁄ 2 Jatoba
❏ 2 Bottom cleats^3 ⁄ 4 3 ⁄ 4 16 Jatoba
❏ 5 Bottom planks^3 ⁄ 4 33 ⁄ 16 371 ⁄ 2 Cedar^1 ⁄ 4 " x^1 ⁄ 4 " tongue & groove
❏ 1 Bottom plank^3 ⁄ 4 215 ⁄ 16 371 ⁄ 2 Cedar^1 ⁄ 4 " x^1 ⁄ 4 " groove
TBE: Tenon both ends
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With the dimensions marked on a story pole, the locations for the mortises
are marked on the legs as a group.
The mortiser is set with the chisel fl ush with the panel groove. Plunge the
b i t an d c his e l t o make d is t in c t h ole s , t h e n c om e b ac k an d c le an u p t h e
waste in between.
Story pole
Groove
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