Tim, i made several a and c end tables (design in woodsmith) ca 2000 and for quadrilinear legs used QS oak veneer (recycled from pallet boards) on soft wood "centers",
in 2009, still holding. cut these out using jig on my sliding table on robland x31
the tables themselves have tops veneered with QS oak, but this time un-used flooring from recycle store.
worked out pretty well, but very labor intensive
ray