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Laminated leg

joints.laminated_leg

Two boards glued face to face into a thicker leg.

Laminated leg, assembled

Laminated leg, exploded

Parameters

Parameter Default
length 450
width 40
stock 20 mm board, oak

Change them in a design file (see Change an example):

from woodwright.examples import joints

design = joints.laminated_leg(length=562.5)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Assembly

assembly

Parts

parts

A b

a b

Cut list

a_b  450 x 40 x 20 mm  oak, 2 pieces: a, b

Code

From woodwright/examples/joints.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):

def laminated_leg(length: float = 450, width: float = 40, stock: Stock = OAK) -> Assembly:
    """Two boards glued face to face into a thicker leg."""
    asm = Assembly("laminated_leg")
    a = asm.add(Board("a", stock, length=length, width=width))
    b = asm.add(Board("b", stock, length=length, width=width))
    asm.join(Butt(a.bottom_face, b.top_face))
    return asm

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.