The Mid-Century coffee table in issue 275 of Woodsmith has legs that are angled, tapered, and beveled on the ends. To make those cuts accurately you can build and use the two jigs shown below. The first jig is for the angled tenons on the stretchers. The second jig is for the legs. Page 31 of the article shows both of the jigs in action.
The main parts of both jigs are the same size. The jig for cutting the stretcher tenons is shown above.
The bed of the stretcher jig is perpendicular to the table saw. There’s only one cleat attached to the bed.
To tilt the bed of the leg jig you’ll have to cut the angles shown on the braces in detail ‘a’ below.
Detail ‘b’ shows the angles needed on the two cleats that are attached to the bed.
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