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Legs (stool build series #7)

Tapered octagons & tapered tenons

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Shea Alexander
Jul 16, 2025
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Time for legs. You will start by taking the square blanks from the cutlist and sawing them into a square 4-sided taper. Tapering from 1-¼” on the small end to 1-¾” on the large end. I normally lay these out with a ruler, saw outside the line on the bandsaw, and then clean up to the line with a handplane. Once done, you will octoganize the entire leg into a tapered octagon.

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