Popular Post Danl Posted June 26, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Four production side chairs were completed this week. The design is original. Primary material is cherry. The seat is made from hard maple with two cherry accent pieces and was scooped using the TS. The back support has both cherry and maple splats and the rails are curved along a 33” inner radius. The chair is finished with BLO and precat lacquer. The design has a lot of angles, particularly the lower stretchers. The stretcher assembly uses loose dowel-tenon joinery, so there are 24 mortises and 16 angled surfaces that must play nice with each other. The rear legs are taper on three sides to 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" and have a subtle castle detail added. You can follow the prototype design/build here. Danl Artie, aaronc, Cal and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Fantastic! Love to read more on how you sculpted the seats. Edited June 26, 2020 by lew FlGatorwood, Cal and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Awesome!!! FlGatorwood, Cal and aaronc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Nice, yes sir, very nice. Gunny, FlGatorwood and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Beautiful! Sturdy, too. Well done! FlGatorwood, Cal and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalTom Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, lew said: Love to read more on how you sculpted the seats. Me too. Did you use a technique similar to cutting cove molding on a table saw? Gunny, FlGatorwood and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlGatorwood Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) +1 on the positive comments. That whole set is simply awesome. Love the legs on the table. Edited June 27, 2020 by FlGatorwood HARO50 and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Fantastic job. That cut at the top of the chair back rails is very cool HARO50, Cal and FlGatorwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Very nice. I know there are very few square corners on a chair. The big debate is "angled mortises or angled tenons." Sort of like "pins first or tails first." Cal, FlGatorwood and HARO50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 That is a gorgeous set Danl, thanks for sharing with us. FlGatorwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 8:10 PM, PostalTom said: Me too. Did you use a technique similar to cutting cove molding on a table saw? Mario Rodriguez has an interesting technique for this. Not tried it, but a friend has. FlGatorwood, HARO50 and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalTom Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 It looks like the most involved part of the process is making the jig. @kmealy, did your friend say how he or she liked the outcome of their seat? Cal and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Danl Posted June 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 23 hours ago, kmealy said: Very nice. I know there are very few square corners on a chair. The big debate is "angled mortises or angled tenons." Sort of like "pins first or tails first." The key is to know how your plan to assemble the chair for glueing. The joinery for the seat rails and stretchers are loose mortise and tenon. The rear and front legs mortises have to be co-planer. So, the mortises in the rear and front legs are 90-deg, but the mortises into the rails and stretchers are angled. End result is having an angled tenon. The joinery for the back support rails are M/T. and the tenons are at 90-deg. Danl Back support rails with integral tenons Rear leg receiving mortise for side seat rail tenon Side seat rail receiving angled mortise for loose tenon Side stretcher receiving angled mortise for loose tenon FlGatorwood, HARO50, Cal and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Danl Posted June 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 48 minutes ago, PostalTom said: It looks like the most involved part of the process is making the jig. @kmealy, did your friend say how he or she liked the outcome of their seat? I did mimic the Mario Rodgrigiez technic with a few changes depicted in the pics. After initial TS set-up, I can make 93 TS set-ups and have the seat blank ready for sanding in 1:35 min. Maximum material removed is 1/16" per set-up. Danl Gerald, Gunny, p_toad and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Thanks for the explanation Cal and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, PostalTom said: It looks like the most involved part of the process is making the jig. @kmealy, did your friend say how he or she liked the outcome of their seat? not that I heard Cal, FlGatorwood and PostalTom 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Danl Posted June 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Wood "weight" trivia. I wanted to make two seats from hard maple and have the long grain be on the top side. I purchased 8/4 lumber. 8/4 x 8-1/2" x 10' weighed 53-1/2 lbs. I only needed ~ 6' 8/4 x 8-1/2" x 6' weighed 32 lbs I made two blanks 18" x ~18-1/4" x 1" weighed 17-1/2 lbs After scooping and profiling the seat blanks, the two seats weighed 9-1/2 lbs Danl Gunny, HARO50, FlGatorwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlGatorwood Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Amazing process and results. I am impressed. Gunny, HARO50 and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronc Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Some high level stuff !!!,...the pic without the seat that shows all of the framing is my fav. Sturdy,...beefy,...well executed. FlGatorwood, Cal, HARO50 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danl Posted June 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Thank you all for the kind words. Danl FlGatorwood and HARO50 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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