Clamping Pedestal Table Legs
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LAMPING THE DOVETAILED LEGSof a pedestal table during glue-
up is not easy—there is no place to put the clamps. On the first
table I made, after a design by Franklin Gottshall, I left a square pro-
trusion on the knee of the leg, per his suggestion, to provide a clamp-
ing perch. But the protrusion had to be removed later, leaving an
awkward spot to be carved and shaped. Wiser the second time around,
I used clamped scraps and a bungee cord, as shown in the sketch
above. It worked perfectly, and it allowed me to finish carving the legs
before gluing up the table.
—DR.THOMASM. WHEELER,Montgomery, Ala.
CHAPTER NINEBungee cordScrap pieces
clamped to legs