Several years ago I made a simple table for the kitchen. Cherry top, painted apron and legs. It has served us well, but all of a sudden last night DW said she wants new legs on it. She wants something essentially straight. Doesn’t matter, the question still stands: how do I change the legs? The aprons are tenoned and glued into the tops of the legs, and that assembly is screwed to the top. It’s not a large table, maybe 36×60, so maybe the best choice is to just toss the old base assembly and build a new one.
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Edited 9/10/2008 1:08 pm ET by FastEddie
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Eddie,
If the aprons are worth saving, disassemle the top and handsaw off the legs right at the joint, resquare the apron ends, and either use a floating tennon or bridal joint a new tennon in, and reassemble the base just slightly smaller. It's probably less work to remake the whole thing, though.
I've done something similiar: lose the apron & legs, and mount the top (if it's worth saving) to new aprons/legs.
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