Dreaming of the next project...
Been looking at Peters new book have we?Dreaming of the next project...
Kevin, we're on the same page, figuratively that is. I've pre-ordered the book but not the electronic copy. Can't wait until I get my hands on it.Dreaming of the next project...
I've not had the confidence to try full size chairs yet. I made a child's mission style set from Stickleys plans for my granddaughter and was pleased how they came out. My goal is to make a set of windsors.Dreaming of the next project...
You and I both, a chair is literally holding someone's life/health in it's hands--not to be too dramatic. Hoping Peter's book, research, and over the top joinery will save the dayDreaming of the next project...
Which book is this? Is that a woven bark seat I see? I just watched an old Woodwright's episode with Brian Boggs and he had a woven hickory bark seat.Dreaming of the next project...
Peter Galbert published by Lost Art Press, to be out in March. Check out their web site for details.Dreaming of the next project...
Tim, if things go as planned, I'm hoping to use Danish paper chord for weaving the seat.Dreaming of the next project...
Wow this looks interesting. Are there a Sketch #1?Sketch #2
I am getting Peter G.'s new book, so I've started down yet another slippery slope. See you at the bottom!Woodworking begins
Afraid to make a mistake, I kept procrastinating until my design was finalized to the mm, but I realized I was just procrastinating and I had to start. So I made some rough measurements, and the sawing began with cherry planks I had bought last fall.
This is going to be a lot of rip sawing. If there was only some kind of machine for this…I kid I kid!
Using a knife line for cutting makes the cuts first class cut. Any time i need to have a finished looking cut I will knife my line.This is why they made machines...
Glad to say after two sundays, and three weeknights, I'm done rip sawing the main pieces of the chair. By far these were some of the longest rip cuts I've ever done, one was almost five feet long. It was intimidating at first, but after deciding that cheating is ok, I scored the lines with a marking knife, and then let the saw do the work. Considering this is also the most expensive lumber I've ever worked with, I'm ok with that decision
I had to spend a fair bit of time doing the layout as I wanted to try to get the most straight grained pieces while also being as efficient as possible with the 8/4" cherry plank. As a result all the cuts were at a skew to follow the grain. I think and hope this resulted in strong and dimensionally stable pieces. "Freeing" these pieces from their stable plank makes me nervous what tension I've released on these smaller pieces. Time will tell.
On the long cuts, I resorted to waxing my Ryoba but that helped for just a little. The best trick was to wedge open the cuts to minimize binding as I did the cuts.
Sometimes I felt like this guy in this old Japanese drawing.
With the help of a couple advils I had the pieces I was looking for.
Next up will be some more design work, and some dimensioning with the hand planes.
I'm guessing the front to back seat dimension is still in the works? I'm not a chair guru in the least but it seems a 5cm drop from front to rear would make for some long term discomfort on the underside of ones thighs. Wouldn't it make for a bit of pressure along the front seat rail?A diversion
It's been a while since I posted on my chair build. Truth of the matter is it hasn't progressed very far. I had begun dimensioning some of the lumber I had ripped, but I was getting frustrated with not having a dedicated flat+true bench top. So I finally decided to build a planing beam out of some 2Ă—4's. It took a couple weekends, and it was nice not having the personal-pressures of having it come out "beautiful."
Trying my best to avoid knots on the top.
What's that thing about having too many clamps?
I might as well just cancelled my gym membership.
Getting my self situated in my "workshop" to set the layout on some sliding dovetails, my first!
The great thing about big-store pine is that it compresses to fit any joint, the worst thing about big-store pine is that it compresses and makes clean joinery a challenge.
I debated the grain orientation of the dovetail, and whether I should be recessed or not. In the end it was all probably overkill.
I have two stops on either end (no glue, so I can hammer them out of the way if I need to) to accommodate both my push and pull planes.
And finally today, I finished up squaring some more chair pieces on the new planing beam.
In parallel, I'm involving my dad on this build, by asking him to use his architectural skills to convert my sketches into some measured drawings on AutoCAD. Here's the first iteration from pops.
Will ask him for some tweeks and a top elevation next. I still have some dimensioning left, but hoping in the next month or so, I can start doing some layout. Slow and steady!