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   user-148830 | Jan 18, 2007 09:17pm | #1

   Oh, an easy question. Well it depends quite a bit on the kind of apron to leg joint you’re going with. If you’re using a bridle joint into the leg and the apron will drop down into that joint, then I’d start with a full scale drawing showing the apron and leg. The bridle joint would come straight [at 90 degrees] into the faces of the legs and would have to be carefully laid out for the apron shoulders to match any curve at that point to the leg faces. One hopes that this curve is not too steep.

   If you’re using mortise and tenons, again to your full scale drawing to figure out the curvature of the apron in order to lay out the joints.
   This is a very short answer to your short but complex question. Good luck, but start with the drawing based on your apron curve. It will make more sense then. Plan and elevation views.
   Best of luck. Gary