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How about this as an option? It might make it easier to wind up with the grains running in the same direction.

I think I would use the good leg as a pattern to make two completely new rear legs. That would avoid a visible repair.

If you can't repair the original leg as garys suggests, and you can't exactly duplicate the bead profile, could you make TWO new rear legs?

Well, at least prime it for her!

So, the pine is going to be the front edge of the shelf? I constructed an equipment rack years ago using this approach...gluing a pine edging strip along the front edge of plywood, both the cabinet sides and the fixed and variable shelves. I didn't use any reinforcement, just a simple glued butt joi...

I would add that the joineryplans website is a version of a widely-spread scam. Customers complain that there are many fewer plans than the "25,000" advertised, and the content consists of free plans that have been culled from other sources, or contain errors, or are incomplete.

Initially, my PowerPro upgrade would not power up at all. I partially disassembled it and traced the problem to a loose ribbon cable...it had come off the pins during assembly. This cable is NOT held on very securely, and maybe your initial test run caused it to vibrate loose?

You have the most amazingly clean shop floor!

I'm a Shopsmith Upgrade Addict. Started out with a 1970's vintage Mark V. Now it is essentially a Mark 7...double tilt, PowerPro, 520 table and rails and fence, etc. Plus the Lift Assist, new casters, and all the upgrades to the various special purpose tools! I've enjoyed every upgrade, including th...

I have to admit, I loved the SawStop ad I saw a while back. "You give us the money. We give you the saw. And nobody gets hurt." Very clever!