Here is where you'll see the progress and development of the Base, Center Post and Desk. The individual brass pieces will be documented under the Brass Fabrication link and then incorporated here as the Stand pieces develop.
We'll begin with the curved tripod base pieces. The base will be made from this board of solid Sapele.
The Anigre veneers will be glued over the form.
This is the profile of the leg.
The initial cut yields a shallow domed waste piece.
The "waste" is used by gluing it to the top of the board.
The profile template is re-positioned over the glued up board to mark the final profile.
The final cuts on the band saw yield the tripod.
I glued up triangles where the three legs will meet and be joined with loose tenon joinery.
Next-The legs get dadoes cut for the matching joints.
All the joinery has been cut- The grooves will be filled with loose tenons for the joint.
Each loose tenon is cut to size.
Cleats are screwed to each leg so there will be something for clamps to bare pressure against.
A two-part epoxy will be used to glue the assembly together.
The cleats screwed to the legs allow clamps to pull the structure together.
Somewhere under there is a three legged base!
After the glue sets-(at least 24 hours) I start the process of refining the profile and surface of the structure- lots of hand filing and sanding,
Still some sanding and filing to go but they are taking shape.
