So I've been itching to make some furniture versus the small items of late.
Decide to make a pair of side tables, wanted to get back to some arts 'n' crafts or mission styles.
Not really sure what yet, but thinking round tops, nice white oak, but simple (i.e. quick to build).

Figure start with the legs.

I hate dealing with nice grain on two faces and meh grain on the other faces, so I'll typically reface for effect.
With true rift sawn wood (grain at 45 degrees), you can get away without fussing, same look on all four sides, but who has that wood handy?

I need faces, so a block of 8/4 oak with the flat sawn face will give nice looking grain by cutting from the sides. Legs will be 1-1/2" square.

FIrst job is flattening the faces on the DS with 80 grit.

22" long, and out the other side (after a few passes)

The wedges stabilize the corners since the wood has a slight twist. This gets me one flat face.

Making a set, so need 32 facings for the legs, 1/8" thick.
Could use veneer, but with legs things get dinged so 1/8" it is.

About 0.040" oversized for final sanding.

Stop block lets me bump the fence to trap the wood , then push through for my slices. Thin kerf rip blade works great.

Going to need some 1-1/4" cores for the legs, so just gluing some oak scraps up to trim to size.

Always love a messy glueup!

Hopefully tomorrow I can finish off these buggers and get on with the other bits.