This is
a small, hand held laminate trimmer. (Just your basic router.) We
are using a quarter inch shank, 45-degree bit.
After measuring the desired length of your chamfer, start routing
from your mark, and keep going off the end of the leg.
This is
what it should look like when you are done.
At this point, it would be helpful to build
a jig to hold the legs for the next steps. You will need a block
of scrap wood at least as long as the top square of the leg.
Pictured
is a common "compound square" (speed square) being used
to mark the block into quarters.
When you
are done marking, the block should look like this.
We cut our block on a band saw, although a table saw could be
used.
After
determining the desired location of the hanger bolt, mark the distance
from the top of the leg to the center of the hole for the hanger
bolt.
Mark the center of the chamfer.
Place
the leg in the jig, and position it so the mark is centered under
the drill bit.
You need
to take care to insure that the leg is steady (held firmly) while
you drill.
This is
a hanger bolt with two nuts on it, so we can use a wrench to screw
it into the leg.
Make
sure that the top nut is tight against the lower one. Turn the wrench,
and be sure that the hanger bolt is going in straight.
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