Shaving Horse Tapered Leg
Creating a tapered leg joint for the shaving horse
Step by step procedure
This is how I create the legs for my shaving horse so that they don't fall out and don't loosen up. It's also, generally, how the legs and other spindles are created for chairs such as ladderbacks, windsors, etc. It is a tapered joint created so that the tenon and the mortise only tighten up with use.