Bigchasbroon
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Mostly I'm a contractor doing a bit of everything. This is my first attempt at a chair. Really just a practice before I jump in with some Maloof low back dining chairs.
I used plans from Charles Brock website.
I made a few mistakes. The most noticeable one is filling the shakes on the centre seat board with titebond and sawdust. It looked pretty disguised until I oiled it and now they really show up. They were only small splits until I shaped the seat and then they opened right up. Next time I will reject any timber that isn't 100%.
The other thing I did was cutting corners with tools. I didn't have a roundover bit that matched the diameter of my rebate bit. I thought I could adjust by hand, which I did ok on the front but the back ones were more tricky.
The other thing I did was use a arbor tech blade in my grinder to do a bit of shaping. I used the cheap £40 one, there's one called the turboplane for £100 and it looks much more controllable. The carver blade dug in a couple of times and it meant I had to take more out than I wanted to in order to hide the cock up.
Anyway here it is. It's almost done just need to buff the oil. And I've ordered the plans for the lowback chairs
I used plans from Charles Brock website.
I made a few mistakes. The most noticeable one is filling the shakes on the centre seat board with titebond and sawdust. It looked pretty disguised until I oiled it and now they really show up. They were only small splits until I shaped the seat and then they opened right up. Next time I will reject any timber that isn't 100%.
The other thing I did was cutting corners with tools. I didn't have a roundover bit that matched the diameter of my rebate bit. I thought I could adjust by hand, which I did ok on the front but the back ones were more tricky.
The other thing I did was use a arbor tech blade in my grinder to do a bit of shaping. I used the cheap £40 one, there's one called the turboplane for £100 and it looks much more controllable. The carver blade dug in a couple of times and it meant I had to take more out than I wanted to in order to hide the cock up.
Anyway here it is. It's almost done just need to buff the oil. And I've ordered the plans for the lowback chairs
