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    Show me your legs!!

    Ok before anyone gets excited Im talking about cabriole legs and not your actual legs!! Joking aside I have been practicing making these elusive beasts after putting it off for oh about 20 years. Im getting really close with my practice blanks but Im still not sure about a couple of details, particularly where the back of the heel flows into the back of the foot. I have a method Im using and it looks ok for me but I wanted to see a few others for comparison. If anybody has some legs they wanna show, lets see em!
    Thanks everyone.

    Jim
    If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.





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    Jim,
    got lots of images. for the back of the ball and claw flowing into the leg itself see below. The unfinished leg is mine, the finished one is by Phil Lowe (the guy that did the Taunton video) This was my first ball and claw, pics taken during the class; I had made cabriole legs prior - usually with trifid feet.
    Mike

    Phil and me 01.jpg
    Last edited by mike holden; 06-19-2008 at 10:38 AM. Reason: more info
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    Jim,

    Here are a couple of examples, one a QA with pad foot like you are asking, the other with B/C.
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