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DC 09 Chairs - completion

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derekcohen

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The background is the decision to build a larger dining table, one to seat 8 as opposed to the 6 as with the current table ...



Since the new table will have a contemporary, modern design, the carver chairs would fit with this, and the existing vintage bentwood chairs would blend in. My wife and I liked the size of this table (not the design), and were taken with the chairs ...



Here they are from all angles ...



And this is the one I used as a model ...



Now the challenge was to build two chairs as close as possible without any given plans and having to create these and the dimensions from photos on the Internet. All-in-all, I spent some 5 months (of weekends) building these two chairs, in USA Rock Maple (which will be used for the top of the new dining table). I am definitely certifiable.

The build is elsewhere but I shall add a few photos here of the finishing tasks.

The first was that of glueing the arms to the legs. With all the angles, it was not possible to use clamps. My solution was to use packing tape - it has a little flex to pull tighter, and will hold at any angle ...



The second task was to cut the end of the legs square with the floor. The kitchen bench top was a more reliable choice than the workshop floor ...







The chairs were sanded to 240 grit and received a coat of hard wax oil. Tomorrow I will denib this and add a second coat. Here are photos from various angles. How close did I get ...











Thanks for the support along the way.

Regards from Perth

Derek
 
You've done it again!

A distinctive design, intended to be made by machinery and jigs, made by hand and eye

They look tremendous and you should be rightly pleased with them and your persistence and skill.
 
A little help with marking the legs square to a flat surface. Take a proper carpenter's pencil, nicely sharpened, one of those rectangular ones, and sand it in half on your sander along its length, right the way through to half of the lead. Then that flat side is what you use like you have on your cassette or whatever your scribe of choice is.

I use this technique to draw the line on a guitar nut while resting the pencil on the frets to accurately draw the curve of the fretboard. Then I know how far down to cut the string slots.
 
Those chairs look fantastic. A huge amount of effort to make something that looks so clean and elegant. Well done for seeing them through.
 
GaryR said:
And how do they sit? Are they as comfortable as you hoped?
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Gary, they are pretty comfortable. The seats are tilted appropriately, and there is enough scoop. I did a lot of shaping on the back, getting the right angle and amount of flat. There are many details like this that I have not included in the build - just too many finicky bits and pieces for the flow of reading. But in the end I think it works well.

Regards from Perth

Derek
 
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