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Hexagon second try

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hello out there, hope the new year brought much happiness to the workshops. I am starting this new table and making a jig for my lathe to cut the 120 degree dovetail joints needed to fit the legs into. I am just wondering if there is any ideas out there on how to cut the Hexacon for the bottom part of the table where the legs connect? This table has 6 sides at the bottom. I am thinking about 30 degrees on the table saw, but kind of stuck there. I think I am starting to understand the photo uploading???

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a1Jim,
I have never made a table like this, just in a dream. I have watched Norm Abram and Roy Underhill for most of my woodworking career. Norm went to Mt Vernon and made a Martha Washington's tea table with a bird cage and a rotating top. I am trying to make that table but with the hexagon bottom. I am also trying to make the jig that makes the cuts for the sliding dovetail joints for the legs. He uses a router with a jig to make a flat spot on the round table base where the legs connect and then uses the same jig set up with a different template to make the dovetail and I think his is 14 degree. he also has a 14 degree on the router table to cut the angle in the legs.

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#5 ·
hey Pete
looks Like chunk has the angle cut draw very nicely. Just use some scrap and work out the correct distance until you like what you see. I've had a class on making a shaker table similar to your table. If you every get close give me a yell.
 
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You probably don't need this advice Pete, but when you rout the sliding dovetails I recommend you use a straight bit first to remove most of the waste in order to get a real clean cut with your dovetail bit. I have made some tables like this, but with a round pedestal. I made a router jig for the dovetail slots. It has an adjustable height chuck for tapered pedestals and different height settings. If you will be making a few of the tables it's pretty handy to have. That's really pretty table. Good luck with yours.
 
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