re: Trimming legs to shape

Definitely, Ross. Mostly I like thinking about “how would I do this if I couldn’t do it with hand tools?” and seeing what I come up with. Your approaches often give me an alternative I hadn’t initially thought of.

This morning I needed to make a curved piece of oak for a fireplace screen for our curved fireplace. I took a steel yardstick and tied a piece of string between its two hang-holes, drew that line on the wood, sawed close to it with the bandsaw, and then got out the spokeshave to fair it. I imagine you’d be using a router. Different strokes.