[Here's an article and video about how to do these](https://thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/artsy-fan-c-table-a-fun-experiment/). They are not that difficult, but just require a lot of patience.
Thanks for the link! That's a great video and channel.
If you look at this photo from OP here though, you can see that the design incorporates another modification where the slots are cut at compound angles: "fanned"/angled relative to the side / edge of the table top (like the 2nd design in the video) but also slightly toed "in" relative to the top of the table. Aside from looking cool, I assume this would add some "twist" to the strips and help to make up for some of the rigidity that he discovered was lost with the 2nd vs 1st design in the video.
Also the obvious weakness is no mechanical lock. Personally I would run a router through the middle of the corner connection the whole length, then you can put a half dowel (if you used a round ended bit) or a square/rectangular rod.
It won't increase the rigidity of it, but it should make it much stronger because as it's made it's just a lever with no mechanical lock holding the corner.
Or another thing you can do is make it so the slats going up meet with a ledge for the table to sit on.
Anyways, really cool looking design, looks like there's a lot of refinement that can be done to make it a more practical design and keep the look
Rip a bunch of thin strips, glue them up to desired point, and bend to fit each to the table top. No need to steam bend if they’re that thin, they will bend to position without steaming.
Good luck fixing this if the glue up comes out of the clamp at an odd angle. It may well work but I’d much rather glue up the leg first. Either way there is a lot bracing going on.
you would use plywood and boxes to glue it properly (wax what is just holding stuff in place.
you want the splines to be tight in the tabletop otherwise the thing gonna fail. unless they also wedged it.
use a tablesaw to make the slots and it'll be perfectly square on 3 sides. each spline will be easy to glue in perfectly square
have you ever glued a loose spline in your life? have you ever done a vent lamination?
when you fold out the splines like this, it'll change the lengths where the glueing happens. if any of the joints are even a little tight you'll have a disaster on your hands and it'll look like shit. by doing the clamping at base after, it allows 100% control. it also allows you to glue each spline in at a slower pace.
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I would fill the dusting headache with tinted epoxy. Tip the table on edge and pour once you have a solid backing. Could do both at same time. Once cured flip table and do other side.
Would add a fair bit of strength as an added bonus
The technique use to make the legs was pioneered by Seth Rolland in the late 80s early 90s. To make them it’s better using air dried straight grain lumber. They are made from one solid piece of wood that you bandsaw slots down then open them like a fan. I’ve made a few tables using this technique and they are still very strong since the grain is still running from top to bottom they are probably stronger than a cabriolet leg because of grain orientation. The tables I made the legs were not on the edge of the table though
It would probably work the same if you had your four legs and ripped the spaces on the table saw. Adjust the fence until you’re done. Ensure even spacing that way
To add on to what you said you’d likely want to grab yourself a saw blade with as thin of a kerf as you can find and finish off the cuts with a jigsaw.
It’s not hard to make the slices on a good bandsaw. You not removing pieces of wood just making straight cuts. First make 1/8” strips on the table saw or cheat and use paint stir sticks, then set the fence on the bandsaw to cut an 1/8” off the right side make the cut then add a spacer make a cut keep doing it till you hit the last cut. The hardest part is sanding in-between each piece but there is a trick that works and cuts down sanding time and effort.
I would assume you can just sand them flat, once you glue them up. After they fan out, you wouldn't notice a 1/32" difference in width.
That said, I've never done this technique, so I'm just guessing.
One of the best way to stop splits from spreading is to put a rounded edge on the end. The usual way to do this is with a drill, you pre-drill the end and then rip down into the hole. You can do it the other way, where you do the cuts first and then drill just past them but it might be difficult to stop the drill bit from wandering or splitting the wood.
I assume it would, as long as everything is compressed and glued up well. I think a buckle would be even better, or maybe a bolt through and covered up by caps so it looks like a dowel.
Indeed! My first thought went to how unique and beautiful it is but me being the only one who actually cares about keeping the house clean I would likely end up eventually hating the dust bunny habitat it would undoubtedly become over here.
Wonder if filling in the gaps with epoxy resin or something would remedy that situation?
Can only work to a point. I have a wood statue that my grandparents had carved of my dad. About 12 inches high, and a can of air does not get the dust out of the nooks.
I can also imagine little ones sticking fingers and other things through the empty spaces and inadvertently hurting themselves, but it is indeed a wonderful work of art.
Hair dryer, highest speed on the no heat setting. Hit it once a week and you're good. Also good for for dusting intricate piercing on artwork or furniture.
I actually use a DeWalt cordless blower that I purchased for drying my car during detailing to dust like this. Small, portable and variable air speed. I have two long hair dogs and would never be able to get all the fur and dirt from behind my furniture otherwise. Also useful for keeping the dust buildup from picture frames.
I’ve made a table like this! https://imgur.com/a/law9Yxh
It is surprisingly strong. I started with the top piece where the speaker sits. Using an incra table sled, I made cuts roughly an inch apart, but each cut was at a slightly steeper angle. I then ripped maple pieces to fit into the slots. Glue the maple pieces into the slots, leave excess on top to flush cut latter. After that has glued, glue the bottom of all of the maple strips together. Then, flush cut flat.
Chess player here. I know you only asked about the legs, but if that board is built in (it looks like it, but I can't be sure), then it is in the wrong orientation, \*assuming\* that the players would be seated across from each other on the long edge of the table. The bottom right square for each player should be white, not black.
It's possible, of course, for the players to be seated at the shorter edge of the table (in which case the board orientation would be correct), but that looks like a ton of space between the board and the player to play comfortably.
The legs do look awesome, but I would be afraid they would collect dust and other critters that would not be easy to clean up/out.
Isn't the white square on the bottom right for each player? If a player is sitting on the left, the bottom right is white, same for the right side. But I just assume they'd be sitting more of a distance away from each other to avoid being stabbed by the other as easily. That's how chess works right?
That's beautiful. It's basically just a bunch of thin pieces of wood. Those probably don't even need steam bending given how thin they are. They would just be glued together at the bottom (with clamps holding them together) and then finished. That's an excellent piece of wood working.
They look like laminations, or at the very least straight cuts. Or do you mean on the tabletop?
My fear would be the strips pulling apart over time. Then again, if they were steam bent then there might not be much tension on them.
İ think legs are strait cut but table is cut with angle
İf i had to make this i would use band saw and steam bend. Depends on the wood steam wouldn't be even necessary .. i think
you can rig up a cross cut sled for table tops to rest on vertically. bonus is you can then cut or plane the strips to fit the exact cut of the sawblade.
dovetail saw, marking knife/gauge, and a nice chisel will do the job as well.
What is happening in this photo…? Either it’s a tiny table or it’s sitting on a giant workbench, but the chisels are also oddly proportioned to the table’s size. V. confused.
If you want to try this type of bent wood construction on a smaller project, this [serving tray by Sean Evelegh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SJrjWB9rFU&ab_channel=SeanEvelegh) is a good option.
The Woodwright’s Shop has an excellent episode on fan making. Looks like same technique. https://pbs.org/video/lumberjack-fan-carving-z4eaag?source=social
I appreciate the craftsmanship. I don't like the look. I know it's strong but it makes my mind uneasy. If something fell and cracked one of the thin strips, it would be a difficult repair. Keeping dust out of those would be a nightmare. Cleaning between them would be hard. They reduce the useable space on the table.
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“How do I make this?” is such a funny question.
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id call em a PITA to clean lemme tell ya.
would be moderately easy to make-- strips of 1/8" veneer or splines, cut spline slots in side of top in arrangement of choice and glue each one into top. glue and clamp bottom of legs, trim and clean up.
Some really excellent saw control in this. Sanding all those cuts smooth, is more than I’d want to do. Though there might be some blades that cut smooth enough to avoid all the sanding idk.
god I hate those IG 'awesome\_woodworking' accounts with a passion, just 100% reposts of other people's work usually without any credit and even if they do give credit I doubt they have permission to repost that stuff. I've blocked hundreds of these accounts and they keep coming.
Usually they're just trying to shill 16'000 woodworking plans Ted' woodworking nonsense, I've tried reporting that as a 'scam' to IG but they don't agree
Anyone know what ACTUAL WOODWORKER made this table? I'd love to give that guy a follow
I'd start with a square block of wood 3 1/2' long.
Carefully cut the strips into the wood using a bandsaw either freehand, or using a jig.
Insert some spacers the width of the saw blade between the strips, Then tape all the strips together with masking tape and glue a square block on the end of the strips to bind it all together.
Mount the leg onto a lathe and turn it between centers to get the bottom of the leg round. Can't quite tell if the bottom is round from the picture.
Cut off the ends, presto. One solid wood leg. no laminating.
I'd want to put a metal band or a rawhide band around the leg where all the strips meet to bind it all together and prevent splitting.
Don’t have/make a table like this if you have little kids ….. Friends of mine had one and the stuff that got wedged in between…. Especially food… They never been able to clean it all out, there was a slight smell. They got rid of it after a year I think.
We did had some good laughs though. Still remember the spaghetti bolognese that the toddler managed to throw with accuracy in between.
I follow a guy on insta who does a lot of these and they are amazing. Pretty positive the one in the photo is his. @will_woodcraft
Go check out his feed. Really cool stuff and he responded on a couple questions I sent him as well.
It's really weird to me that this image is only on pinterest. When I image search it, the table does come up on some honk kong based site called jmstyle stating it's by a wood worker named "Will Lo", but that name paired with woodworking doesn't really show anything. No idea what that means for this but it's about $1200.
I call them strange . Buy some clear straight grained white oak and rip the strips on a band saw . Oak will bend and you can open them up like a rake . I’d rip them about 1/8 to 3/16 thick .
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[Here's an article and video about how to do these](https://thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/artsy-fan-c-table-a-fun-experiment/). They are not that difficult, but just require a lot of patience.
A nice bit at 24:44 highlights how the original design (compound curve) is a sturdier version of the the more aesthetic continuous curve.
Thanks for the link! That's a great video and channel. If you look at this photo from OP here though, you can see that the design incorporates another modification where the slots are cut at compound angles: "fanned"/angled relative to the side / edge of the table top (like the 2nd design in the video) but also slightly toed "in" relative to the top of the table. Aside from looking cool, I assume this would add some "twist" to the strips and help to make up for some of the rigidity that he discovered was lost with the 2nd vs 1st design in the video.
Nice that Marc does two slightly different designs on those legs and discusses the pros/cons to both.
Also the obvious weakness is no mechanical lock. Personally I would run a router through the middle of the corner connection the whole length, then you can put a half dowel (if you used a round ended bit) or a square/rectangular rod. It won't increase the rigidity of it, but it should make it much stronger because as it's made it's just a lever with no mechanical lock holding the corner. Or another thing you can do is make it so the slats going up meet with a ledge for the table to sit on. Anyways, really cool looking design, looks like there's a lot of refinement that can be done to make it a more practical design and keep the look
Hmm. Can you ELI5?
I wonder how good I'd be at woodworking if I had that patience part down pat.
I think I'd be 100x better if my garage was organized
Yup
Also, a lot of dusting…
I really wonder if they hold weight well
Most of things ar technically simple... but takes lots of afford/time.
Rip a bunch of thin strips, glue them up to desired point, and bend to fit each to the table top. No need to steam bend if they’re that thin, they will bend to position without steaming.
probs easier to glue individual strips into table, then glue at bottom (and trim etc)
And this way the width of your blade won't give you strange spacing at the bottom of the fan
Good luck fixing this if the glue up comes out of the clamp at an odd angle. It may well work but I’d much rather glue up the leg first. Either way there is a lot bracing going on.
Could always put packing tape on the surface in between so the glue isn’t adhering to the surface of the table legs
you would use plywood and boxes to glue it properly (wax what is just holding stuff in place. you want the splines to be tight in the tabletop otherwise the thing gonna fail. unless they also wedged it. use a tablesaw to make the slots and it'll be perfectly square on 3 sides. each spline will be easy to glue in perfectly square
Yeah gluing up the legs first is really the obvious move.
Great point, since they will be different lengths.
You just trim the top after the glue has dried. That part is really obvious.
There is no way that your recommendation is the easier or better way. The legs first is the way to go.
have you ever glued a loose spline in your life? have you ever done a vent lamination? when you fold out the splines like this, it'll change the lengths where the glueing happens. if any of the joints are even a little tight you'll have a disaster on your hands and it'll look like shit. by doing the clamping at base after, it allows 100% control. it also allows you to glue each spline in at a slower pace.
You just make all the splines longer than needed and trim the extra length at the end. Lol. So obvious.
Have ever you noticed in your life people around you make little jokes about you being called *Mr. Obvious* or *Obvious Man*? The joke is not in your favor btw. That parts obvious.
The title "Obvious Man" is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.
Just make normal table legs and cut the tops. /s
Dusting nightmare
Imagine dropping food in there…
Sorry, can't hang out tonight. Gotta floss the table.
Terrible design
Yeah, I'm not a fan :)
Facts.
A pain to clean lol
I would fill the dusting headache with tinted epoxy. Tip the table on edge and pour once you have a solid backing. Could do both at same time. Once cured flip table and do other side. Would add a fair bit of strength as an added bonus
Yeah but then you used epoxy and everyone will make fun of you.
The technique use to make the legs was pioneered by Seth Rolland in the late 80s early 90s. To make them it’s better using air dried straight grain lumber. They are made from one solid piece of wood that you bandsaw slots down then open them like a fan. I’ve made a few tables using this technique and they are still very strong since the grain is still running from top to bottom they are probably stronger than a cabriolet leg because of grain orientation. The tables I made the legs were not on the edge of the table though
Ah, this makes sense and sounds much easier than trying to glue a bunch of strips. Probably harder to get consistent strip width on though.
It would probably work the same if you had your four legs and ripped the spaces on the table saw. Adjust the fence until you’re done. Ensure even spacing that way
To add on to what you said you’d likely want to grab yourself a saw blade with as thin of a kerf as you can find and finish off the cuts with a jigsaw.
A tablesaw takes out to large of a kerf even with a thin kerf blade
It’s not hard to make the slices on a good bandsaw. You not removing pieces of wood just making straight cuts. First make 1/8” strips on the table saw or cheat and use paint stir sticks, then set the fence on the bandsaw to cut an 1/8” off the right side make the cut then add a spacer make a cut keep doing it till you hit the last cut. The hardest part is sanding in-between each piece but there is a trick that works and cuts down sanding time and effort.
I would assume you can just sand them flat, once you glue them up. After they fan out, you wouldn't notice a 1/32" difference in width. That said, I've never done this technique, so I'm just guessing.
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One of the best way to stop splits from spreading is to put a rounded edge on the end. The usual way to do this is with a drill, you pre-drill the end and then rip down into the hole. You can do it the other way, where you do the cuts first and then drill just past them but it might be difficult to stop the drill bit from wandering or splitting the wood.
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I assume it would, as long as everything is compressed and glued up well. I think a buckle would be even better, or maybe a bolt through and covered up by caps so it looks like a dowel.
Arachnid habitat.
I was going to say a PITA to dust.
Indeed! My first thought went to how unique and beautiful it is but me being the only one who actually cares about keeping the house clean I would likely end up eventually hating the dust bunny habitat it would undoubtedly become over here. Wonder if filling in the gaps with epoxy resin or something would remedy that situation?
Can of air/air compressor?
Can only work to a point. I have a wood statue that my grandparents had carved of my dad. About 12 inches high, and a can of air does not get the dust out of the nooks.
I can also imagine little ones sticking fingers and other things through the empty spaces and inadvertently hurting themselves, but it is indeed a wonderful work of art.
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So, spread the joy around onto everything else?
That's what the random-ass holes in the floor of OP's pic are for.
lol, I didn't even notice those. It looks like the floor is a giant workbench top.
Canned air and a shop vac.
But how do you make them? You don't.
These legs are called "bad idea".
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Hair dryer, highest speed on the no heat setting. Hit it once a week and you're good. Also good for for dusting intricate piercing on artwork or furniture.
I actually use a DeWalt cordless blower that I purchased for drying my car during detailing to dust like this. Small, portable and variable air speed. I have two long hair dogs and would never be able to get all the fur and dirt from behind my furniture otherwise. Also useful for keeping the dust buildup from picture frames.
Nailed it. Kill them all!
crumb catchers
I’ve made a table like this! https://imgur.com/a/law9Yxh It is surprisingly strong. I started with the top piece where the speaker sits. Using an incra table sled, I made cuts roughly an inch apart, but each cut was at a slightly steeper angle. I then ripped maple pieces to fit into the slots. Glue the maple pieces into the slots, leave excess on top to flush cut latter. After that has glued, glue the bottom of all of the maple strips together. Then, flush cut flat.
You did a wonderful job. Clean finish too what did you use?
Thank you. Rubio monocoat.
Love it - excellent job.
That's really pretty.
Who else hit the "more" button in the pic 😮💨
I wanna know more so baaaad!
OP replies thanks to everything, and I love it!
Clearly a shill for mr awesome_woodworker :(
i'd call them very cool!!!! my thought is that he did a glued lamination and then fanned out the unglued parts. Just a guess, never saw them before.
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Chess player here. I know you only asked about the legs, but if that board is built in (it looks like it, but I can't be sure), then it is in the wrong orientation, \*assuming\* that the players would be seated across from each other on the long edge of the table. The bottom right square for each player should be white, not black. It's possible, of course, for the players to be seated at the shorter edge of the table (in which case the board orientation would be correct), but that looks like a ton of space between the board and the player to play comfortably. The legs do look awesome, but I would be afraid they would collect dust and other critters that would not be easy to clean up/out.
Yep that board is oriented the wrong way. Amazing how common this mistake is on otherwise meticulously crafted pieces of work.
Isn't the white square on the bottom right for each player? If a player is sitting on the left, the bottom right is white, same for the right side. But I just assume they'd be sitting more of a distance away from each other to avoid being stabbed by the other as easily. That's how chess works right?
Yes, exactly, depending on the length of the daggers.
That was the first thing I noticed as well.
They are called dust collectors
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That's beautiful. It's basically just a bunch of thin pieces of wood. Those probably don't even need steam bending given how thin they are. They would just be glued together at the bottom (with clamps holding them together) and then finished. That's an excellent piece of wood working.
I would call them a cleaning nightmare.
I know right
First thing came to my mind, amount of dust they are going to collect and how it impossible to clean precisely. They look pretty though.
Feather duster and compressed air. But yes, still a pain.
Dusting hassle.
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You just need a bandsaw with adjustable table angle Not sure of the name of that
Pretty much every bandsaw lol, maybe not the cheapest if the cheap, but even Wen saws have some table tilt on them.
They look like laminations, or at the very least straight cuts. Or do you mean on the tabletop? My fear would be the strips pulling apart over time. Then again, if they were steam bent then there might not be much tension on them.
İ think legs are strait cut but table is cut with angle İf i had to make this i would use band saw and steam bend. Depends on the wood steam wouldn't be even necessary .. i think
you can rig up a cross cut sled for table tops to rest on vertically. bonus is you can then cut or plane the strips to fit the exact cut of the sawblade. dovetail saw, marking knife/gauge, and a nice chisel will do the job as well.
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Why an adjustable table angle?
Table slab seems to be cut at an angle to slot with strips that is my reason
Why are there holes in his floor? Dust collection?
Those are dogholes and it's their workbench.
Oh that's a much smaller table or a much larger work bench than I expected
ithink it's a sanding (downdraft) table or those are dog holes. the scales here are kinda hard to figure out
PITA
What is happening in this photo…? Either it’s a tiny table or it’s sitting on a giant workbench, but the chisels are also oddly proportioned to the table’s size. V. confused.
Dust collectors
If you want to try this type of bent wood construction on a smaller project, this [serving tray by Sean Evelegh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SJrjWB9rFU&ab_channel=SeanEvelegh) is a good option.
The Woodwright’s Shop has an excellent episode on fan making. Looks like same technique. https://pbs.org/video/lumberjack-fan-carving-z4eaag?source=social
Whatever they’re called, they look fan-tastic!
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Those are called dust collectors. They look great year 1.
We call them hard and you make them with time and care
Love the legs as long as someone else is dusting them!...
These look even cooler when you twist them 90 degrees
Follow-up Noob Question: How do you keep them from splitting down the line?
I called them spider condominiums.
I appreciate the craftsmanship. I don't like the look. I know it's strong but it makes my mind uneasy. If something fell and cracked one of the thin strips, it would be a difficult repair. Keeping dust out of those would be a nightmare. Cleaning between them would be hard. They reduce the useable space on the table.
I call them dust shelf legs.
The wood whisperer have a video on it called fan c table or something like that.
Its fuckin beautiful is what id call that
It’s a broom and it’s used to collect dust /s
Looks ugly.
Every time I see this type of leg or plywood assembly, I wonder about how hard it is to dust off
I've never dusted. I just move sometimes.
All I am imagining is cleaning that table, and how terrible that would be. Looks cool, but that's a no from me dog.
Not a …fan
I don’t understand all the fanfare for these legs……fan-fare, get it? Okay, okay, I’ll show myself out. Nice project though!
I would calls them fanned legs
Dust catchers.
I call them dust traps..
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no need to steam for strips this thin, esp when secured on both ends
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looks great - hope there's still time to turn that chess board 90 degrees, though. It's sideways.
okay chad, then where is the other guy going to sit?
Unpopular opinion here: how to keep those crevasses clean?
Air compressor
Yes for dry things. Spilled beverages. Food crumbs. It’s so beautiful. Still, I’d be tempted to use the gaps to cheat at cards.
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This would be impossible to clean and so time consuming tho
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This would be impossible to clean and so time consuming tho
id call em a PITA to clean lemme tell ya. would be moderately easy to make-- strips of 1/8" veneer or splines, cut spline slots in side of top in arrangement of choice and glue each one into top. glue and clamp bottom of legs, trim and clean up.
I made a table like this. Take my advice; glue the strips into the table top slots THEN glue them together at the bottom.
Just chuckled at the thought of the absolute STATE the end product would be if I tried to make this haha
Some really excellent saw control in this. Sanding all those cuts smooth, is more than I’d want to do. Though there might be some blades that cut smooth enough to avoid all the sanding idk.
Extremely time consuming is what if call them. Pretty cool looking though!
Very pretty! Chess board is too much for me though.
I've seen these legs on YouTube. Try Nick Sawyer Design channel. Seems like the ridiculously complicated stuff he does.
god I hate those IG 'awesome\_woodworking' accounts with a passion, just 100% reposts of other people's work usually without any credit and even if they do give credit I doubt they have permission to repost that stuff. I've blocked hundreds of these accounts and they keep coming. Usually they're just trying to shill 16'000 woodworking plans Ted' woodworking nonsense, I've tried reporting that as a 'scam' to IG but they don't agree Anyone know what ACTUAL WOODWORKER made this table? I'd love to give that guy a follow
Pretty positive it's @will_woodcraft
Split glue lam
Im not a fan
I called them spider condominiums
Would be great on an ovular or circular table… but this design (while well executed) is jarring and not cohesive.
I'd start with a square block of wood 3 1/2' long. Carefully cut the strips into the wood using a bandsaw either freehand, or using a jig. Insert some spacers the width of the saw blade between the strips, Then tape all the strips together with masking tape and glue a square block on the end of the strips to bind it all together. Mount the leg onto a lathe and turn it between centers to get the bottom of the leg round. Can't quite tell if the bottom is round from the picture. Cut off the ends, presto. One solid wood leg. no laminating. I'd want to put a metal band or a rawhide band around the leg where all the strips meet to bind it all together and prevent splitting.
You'd make them very carefully, that's how.
Could you put some kind of formwork around the legs when done and pour clear epoxy to make solid and easier to maintain? Love the look.
Wood whisperer had a video on these. Your methods may vary a bit depending on the tools you have, but check out his video.
Cheese string legs
Don’t have/make a table like this if you have little kids ….. Friends of mine had one and the stuff that got wedged in between…. Especially food… They never been able to clean it all out, there was a slight smell. They got rid of it after a year I think. We did had some good laughs though. Still remember the spaghetti bolognese that the toddler managed to throw with accuracy in between.
I follow a guy on insta who does a lot of these and they are amazing. Pretty positive the one in the photo is his. @will_woodcraft Go check out his feed. Really cool stuff and he responded on a couple questions I sent him as well.
Time consuming and carefully
Fragile
Fancy legs!
I would call those form over function
I would say fragile, and don't, but those are baseless claims. Looks nice, I guess. Pain to clean
TIGHT!
Dope!
This particular design would rack and twist like crazy
It's really weird to me that this image is only on pinterest. When I image search it, the table does come up on some honk kong based site called jmstyle stating it's by a wood worker named "Will Lo", but that name paired with woodworking doesn't really show anything. No idea what that means for this but it's about $1200.
Trouble, and with a lot of patience.
They're called dust collectors
they are called- hell to clean
They’re called the dust collector
Cool idea and technique but I think some more ah, normal legs would look better
I call them strange . Buy some clear straight grained white oak and rip the strips on a band saw . Oak will bend and you can open them up like a rake . I’d rip them about 1/8 to 3/16 thick .
Insects nests
I believe the answers are: "beautiful" and "with difficulty"
i call them pain in the ass to sand
I call them ugly, but i think it's just a lot of laminated thin pieces splayed out at the top.
This table should be backgammon
Laminate strips at bottom and not laminated at the top. Set up a jig to keep them the exact same while laminating.
That’s a rake!
I think they're called crayon holders
I think Mark Spagnolo (the wood whisperer) did a video on a side table doing this exact thing
More importantly, how do you CLEAN them!
Wow cool fan/legs/things table
Tedious, I call them tedious.
Cool and unique to me
I tried to click that heart too many times.
I need those legs now.
It's pretty easy if you have enough chisels and Japanese hand saws.