More pub chairs – day 12
I had some help last night in the shop. Adam came down because I had to make the walnut plugs for the chairs. He likes that job because he gets … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 10
I started out today by marking and cutting the rest of the pieces I need to get these chairs assembled. The first pieces I did were the 5″ leg spacers. … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 9
With the seats cut out yesterday, I started this evening by finishing them up. I took down any high spots around the edges on the spindle sander. Next, I flipped … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 8
Well, the seats are all glued up. I pulled the clamps and, as I suspected, the cauls were stuck to the seat. Just a quick tap with the hammer and they … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 7
I didn’t get a chance to check on the epoxy yesterday. It seems to have cured pretty well. The tape held the form nicely. So far, the best way that … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 6
I ran out this morning and picked up a new toy. Dewalt’s new 12″ sliding compound miter saw. Now I will be able to cross-cut all my larger lumber. My … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 5
Today I am working on the seats for the chairs. I started by creating a template so the curve of the scoop would be similar from one piece to the … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Busy day yesterday, no time to get into the shop. Tonight, well last night since it is 1:00AM, I trimmed up the edges of all the boards I just laminated … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Another quick post today. I glued up the seat backs and the stretchers before running out of clamps. Then I came back an hour and a half later and pulled … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 3
I only had an hour today to work and only about one yesterday. All I am doing at the moment is glueing so I won’t bore you with too many … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 2
Only a few hours to play today. I pulled a couple of walnut boards off the rack for resawing. I need all of the walnut to be 1/4″ thick for … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 1
Well the prototype pub chair seems to have been acceptable to the family so I have at least two more to build. Hopefully these two will go faster than the … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day ten
Just a quick post today. I finished two more coats yesterday and one this evening. The pictures are all going to start looking the same at this point… I did … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day nine
I had a chance to start finishing the chair last night so I applied the first coat of Tung oil. I decided to use tung oil because it a wipe-on … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day eight
It occurred to me that the people from wood magazine may not have measured my kitchen counters when they put the plans for this chair into their magazine. I thought … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day seven
I started out this evening by cutting the dados to receive the front stretchers. Since I don’t have a dado blade for the table saw, I decided to use my … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day six
I had a few hours last night to work on the legs for the chairs, so I started out by scraping down the epoxy on the seat with a card … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day five
So I went out and spent some money today. I picked up a 4-1/2″ angle grinder, a power carving disc, and a couple of flap sander discs. The bandsaw was … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day four
I finished cutting out and glueing up the seat back that I forgot to make earlier in the week. While that was drying, I pulled out the 4 pieces that … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day three
I spent most of my time glueing today. I finished up glueing the rest of the seat pieces first. While they were drying, I experimented with trimming the glue and … Continue reading
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