Learn how to craft this Sheraton-style leg with reeding. Use these methods to add elegance to chair and table legs--even a bed post. This series includes:
Tips on turning beads, coves, vases, and more
Reed-carving lessons with a shopmade scratch stock
Philip C. Lowe got his first taste of woodworking while serving in the Navy, and he's been a professional since 1968. Lowe owns and operates the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts.
To learn more about the author, watch our video Q&A with Lowe from his workshop. Watch it now
Videos in This Series
PART ONE: Make a Sheraton-Style Leg Learn how to make this classic period element. This series covers how to turn the leg including elegant refinements. Then Lowe shows how to carve the reeding using a shopmade scratch stock and carving tools. It also includes a tutorial on making an indexing wheel for easy layout.
Make a shopmade scratch stock and use it for speedy reed carving.
MORE FROM THIS SERIES: Make a Cabriole Leg Learn how to turn and carve a cabriole leg. This series covers turning on the rough shape on the lathe, layout, and carving.
Learn how to make this quintessential Queen Anne leg. This series covers turning a pad foot with minimal tooling. Rough out the leg shape. And fairing the leg to completion with hand tools.
MORE FROM THIS SERIES: Make a Flame Finial Learn how to turn and carve a flame finial. This series covers turning on the rough shape on the lathe, layout, and carving.
Watch a step-by-step demonstration on making this elegant swirl. Lowe simplifies the process by breaking down a complex-looking carving into a series of manageable steps.
MORE VIDEO WORKSHOPS
Don't miss our other video workshops that guide you through each step of making a workbench, small cabinet, bookcase, dining chair, and more.
More than an hour of how-to instruction with expert furniture makers
DOWNLOAD THE PLANS
Download PDF plan that Lowe designed for the Sheraton-style leg in this series.
