Mission/Arts and Crafts Buffet and Hutch Build - Family Woodworking

With my trestle table finishing schedule still up in the air I going to do a small buffet and hutch for our kitchen.
This one is going to take a while as the summer acerage chores are really going to get in the way of shop time.
I have sort of an idea what this is going to look like but it will be a build as I go.....

First in order is to get a few legs made up.
The Stickley brothers made their legs a couple of different ways to get the look of 1/4 sawn on all four sides.
For this one we will do what Gus did a lot of the times and use thin veneers to get the look we are after.

Our 8 legs will be 1 3/4' X 1 3/4". Buffet will have 33" and the hutch around 40"
Final thickness is done and all the legs are 1/8" to wide right now. They will be trimmed to 1 5/8" just before I glue on the veneers.

To cut the 16 veneers I will need I use my miter gauge to replicate the thickness.
I just set the miter gauge fence 1/16" from my blade and then when the stock is set correctly take the miter gauge off the table.

With a sharp blade the 1/16" veneers are ready for mating to the legs and take little time to make.
I make a few extra of each length, just in case...

Lets hope this thing doesn't take all summer to make...

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