This week's chair projects...

[HMR]

Here are 2 different versions of one of my chairs.  It was fun to be working on these at the same time.

Walnut, curly maple and teak oil:

The chair below will be on display at an airport.  The image on the seatback is the taxi chart used to navigate around the airport. 
Alder and walnut:

Here's a visual list of the tools used:

[big grin]

 

[Stephen B]

I like both; the distressed look is not kitsch and the other chair with Walnut and Maple has a nice contrast of wood color and tone.

 

[ear3]

Really like the curly maple 9ne. How did you do the legs? Is it three pieces joined with dominoes?

 

[HMR]

untidy shop- thanks.  I agree, you have to be careful with the "distressed" look.

Edward- thanks.  You are correct, 3 pieces joined with dominoes.  I used 2, 10x50 dominoes at each joint.  I've also been moving away from my Kapex and using my tablesaw more for the miter cuts.  I find I get cleaner miters on the tablesaw.

 

[Shane Holland]

Wow, those are sweet! I wouldn't mind having a few of them in my own house.

The map idea is neat. How is it done, CNC?

 

[HMR]

Shane- Yes, the image was done with my CNC.  The CNC is one of the few tools in my shop that wasn't purchased at Toolnut. Lol

 

[crampedshop]

Nicely done. Any chance of you having plans that you can pass out?

 

[HMR]

Nicely done. Any chance of you having plans that you can pass out?

Thanks.  No plans.  As usual, I drew the original idea directly onto a piece of MDF and then cut my templates.  I use different sizes of paint cans as guides to form the curves.

 

[mwildt]

Wow those are so cool. Great work!

 

[HMR]

This week's chair.  New idea.  Trying to come up with a modern dining room type chair to add to the portfolio.  Since all my chairs have square-shaped seat bottoms, I also wanted to try incorporating a rounded seat shape into the design.  "KCRQ" is the identifier for our local airport.  Fun project.