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GrahamIreland

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Hi I'm planning on doing a coffee table round and would like to have 3 leg design. Prob bridle joint on outside but all meeting at centre. How is it best to meet at centre or overlap? They'd be 120 degrees each.

Graham
 
Do you mean you want horizontal braces between the legs, which overlap at the centre?
Like this

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From http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/ ... s/_g_T.htm
 
Here's some I did on a Japanese floor lamp a few years ago:

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Not too difficult :D - Rob
 

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Sorry ya should of scratched it Mike.
It's a bit what like Pete suggested but maybe somekind of overlap?
 

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A much less structurally important version on a lamp I made. I incorporated a brass plate as I was worried about strength. There are a few other suggestions from others in the thread..

Fitz
 
I just remembered another 3 way joint, my dining table stretcher, its made with a home made 3 ply spline.
Made from beech a thin ply each side of a thicker one.

DSC_0119 by Racers, on Flickr

Pete
 
I have a coffee table with that joint between 3 legs butt-mitred together 2x3 in elm. It’s got 2 sodding great 3-way loose tenons made from 18mm birch ply glued with epoxy, solid it is.

Aidan
 
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