I'm making a coffee table in a sort of "mid century modern" style. Since I had several lengths of cedar fence post, I thought I'd cut a few sections out of them & mockup the leg-rail design I had in mind before committing to more costly wood. I'm happy with the result, but the last step, rounding over the edges on the legs on the router table, has me a bit nervous. Cedar is very soft, and I made the cuts in one pass using it, but I'm concerned that with a much harder wood (I'm considering hard maple, walnut or mahogany) the process might go a bit less smoothly, particularly when the small foot area has to be fed into the bit 1st. The fact that the leg is tapered beginning about 3" from the top (so there's a change of plane) is also a concern with this process. Here's a pic to make it a bit clearer. Is the router table the way to go here, or is there another option?
TIA
Dan