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18th Century Furniture Turret Top Tea Table Project

 
The Ball and Claw Foot
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Carving the ball and claw foot
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Completing the ball and claw foot
Turrets
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Milling stock for the side turrets
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Turning turrets on the Lathe
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Detail of turning turrets
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Turning corner turrets  
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Hollow chisel mortising of turrets

Acanthus Leaf Pattern for the Knees. Dovetails, Table Frame.

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Carving acanthus leaf pattern on the knees; dovetails  
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Table frame
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Carving acanthus leaf on the knees

Cabriole Legs and Knee Blocks

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Cabriolet leg clean up; glue turrets
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Knee block design
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Knee block shape for the cabriolet Leg
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Knee blocks completed
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Knee block shaping and glue up on the cabriolet Leg 
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Glue cabriolet leg and turrets to the table frame

Table Top

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Glue side turrets; table top prototype
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Flatten a wide board for the table top
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Flush trim router bit on table top circles
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Router to round over bottom of the top
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Home-made drum sander to flatten table top
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Routing 1/4 inch grooves
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Removing 1/4 inches of Material from the Table Top
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Card scraping and planing the table top
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Finishing scraping and planing the table top
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Spokeshave, planing and scraping the second table top 
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Routing the cove molding around the table top with a jig
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Carving and scraping the molding around the table top