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1. 
   DoRight | Jan 27, 2015 04:16pm | #1

   What I have seen ...

   Build the table with all legs attached.

   You should have the legs pretty close to the same length.

   Get a pile of plastic non-tapered shims, or blocks of thin wood.

   Then start placing the shims or blocks under each leg until the table is level in all directions.

   Then use the higest stack of blocks as a guide to cut the longest leg down with a japnese saw or back saw..

   Then move onto the next leg. 

   Not the easiest ....

   One nice thing about this is that the legs can be spladed (angled) if you wish and you can still cut the legs flat to the floor.

2. 
   calvin | Jan 27, 2015 08:14pm | #2

   Prout, to cut it.....

   Make up a sort of mini shoot board with one leg that drops down the side of the log.  Shim to level and square to the top and clamp tight to the leg.  Run your circular saw as deep as it'll go.  Finish the cut with a hand saw.

   or

   take a stick the length you want your legs.  With top attached, use this stick as a story pole to make marks around the log.  Connect the dots and go after it with a hand saw or if you've got a good eye---chainsaw.

   For splayed legs, same idea only you'll be cutting an angle that must have both ends parallel.

3. 
   junkhound | Jan 27, 2015 08:27pm | #3

   tack nail a 2x8 to each side of the log an inch shy of the ends

   trim one or both ends with RAS