I got these brass decorative feet that go in the tips of the table legs to give it that Duncan Phyfe look. The inside shape and fit was really odd so I had to do a lot of shaping to get them to fit on.

I made my version of the crown stops available as an accessory for my mitre saw.  They were way too expensive so I made my own. 

I didn’t make them for holding crown moulding, I made them because I wanted to clamp things to the top like stops, left or right clamping (since I had only one clamp), and for holding smaller workpieces where the stock clamp wouldn’t reach. 

I made an improvement to my mitre saw. The clamp that comes with the saw is too far away from the blade and I sometimes have to cut small parts that won’t reach the clamp.

There’s no way I’m holding them with my hand so I made a platform that you can clamp on the top of the saw. I put T-tracks on the top so you can slide clamps in at different positions to hold the workpiece down safely.

The table also doubles as zero-clearance for the blade below and in back by the fence so it improves dust collection even more.

T-track dimensions compatible with Festool clamps:

I’ve decided to attach the skirt to the top using hidden pocket screws from underneath.  

Finally getting around to gluing up the octagon skirt.

I’ve almost finished assembling the pedestal table skirt and drawer face.

I just need to sand the pieces, glue them up and start the drawer supports.

Here’s where I’m at with the cabinet as of today.  Upper cabinet is done, a few new tool holders.  I wonder if this is supposed to be just an ever evolving thing.

Next I cut 8 x 3/4″ pieces that were 4″ wide for the octagonal skirt.

Then I routed the same edge profile as I did for the top.

I used the tablesaw to cut off the strips of moulding one by one until I got eight from this single board.

The next step will be to glue the mouldings to each of the 8 skirt pieces, cut the ends to 22.5 degrees and and join them to make an octagon.  I haven’t decided on how to join the pieces yet.

Here is the routed profile done on the router table, classical cove and bead.

Now i used the track saw to cut along the layout lines to make the octagon top.