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   ThreePuttJoe | Feb 24, 2009 09:14am | #1

   If you want it to be true QS, you don't need wood of that thickness. SInce you will only have QS grain on two sides, most legs in this type of furniture are done in a manner that shows QS grain on all four sides utilizing a glue up. FWW had an aticle a few years back, showing methods of constructing these legs. One used veneer on two sides, but another used lock-miter joints to put together four QS pieces.

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   DWoodardJr | Feb 24, 2009 09:23am | #2

   Yeah, I had thought about gluing up a leg.  I'll search for the article.  Thanks.

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   MikeHennessy | Feb 24, 2009 03:21pm | #3

   If you fill out your profile, we'll know where you are, so folks in your vicinity can maybe help out.

   That said, if you use solid QS stock, only two sides will "look" QS (i.e., having medullary rays). If you want the QS look on all four sides, you're gonna have to make the legs from a glue-up consisting of 3 to 5 separate pieces and your choice of which method to use will be sure to start a, er, "discussion" amongst us Knots folk. ;-)

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

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   Lataxe | Feb 24, 2009 04:30pm | #5

   Mike,

   Medullary ray on all four legs!  Why its (splutter) unatchl!!  That Stickley bloke has a lot to answer for.  Wasn't it him, or one of his ilk, that ended up rolling medullary ray patterns on to cheap timber with a special paint roller?  The varlet, he should've been put to the ducking stool.

   Lataxe, a grain critic.

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   MikeHennessy | Feb 24, 2009 05:07pm | #6

   Well, you made me go back and look at my post to see how I screwed up to refer to 4 legs vs. 4 sides of each leg. ;-)

   Not sure if Stickley ever painted his wood. I do know that My Lovely Assistant is a pretty good hand at faux finishing and it comes in handy when, say, trying to get existing window frames & sash to match new trim.

   So, I guess that's yet another way to tackle the job.

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   Lataxe | Feb 24, 2009 05:15pm | #7

   Mike,

   Hee hee - ya got me.

   However, I am sending the grain-police to check to see if your faux-committing LA has a-one o' them ray-rollers.  They are now illegal in Galgate (local parish council signed the new law this afternoon as they thought it was a receipt for a memorial bench).

   Lataxe, wary of fakes (who knows what else might not be real).

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   MikeHennessy | Feb 24, 2009 05:22pm | #8

   She actually does, tho' it's not a roller, per se. It's called a "grainer" IIRC, and is a rubber thing that's rocked while pulling it over the painted surface. She never uses it tho'. (She does her graining by hand.) Mebee I'll make a ray-roller table outa the thing. ;-)

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   SteveSchoene | Feb 24, 2009 03:55pm | #4

   Check out http://www.woodfinder.com it will allow you to search for wood sources in your area, many of whom you may be surprised to know existed.