Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014
Cane Chair Peek
I am almost done with the cane chair, but couldnt wait to show a little peek of what it is looking like!

There is a lot of gray going on in the corner where it is going, so I went with a bright chartreuse. I just have the cording on the back panel to do, and then I am finished!
Looking forward to sharing finished pics! and since this is the first chair that weve upholstered, Ill be sure to share my experience too!
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There is a lot of gray going on in the corner where it is going, so I went with a bright chartreuse. I just have the cording on the back panel to do, and then I am finished!
Looking forward to sharing finished pics! and since this is the first chair that weve upholstered, Ill be sure to share my experience too!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Lets make a thumb chair
There are several woodworking sites that I follow on Facebook and one of them is Ana Whites. She runs a DIY blog and gives out plenty of free plans that she sketches. A couple of weeks ago she posted a plan for a thumb chair that you can find HERE. Once I saw it I knew that it would be perfect for my two boys. It can be made out of 1x3s and some 1x12. My local Home Depot never has flat 1x12s so I picked up some 1x6s and will be gluing them up for the seat bottom & back.
This is the example from her blog.
I set the angle for 10 degrees

and the bevel for 5 degrees

Here is the mitre saw all set up and ready to cut

I am making 2 chairs and I set up a stop block to make sure all the
legs are the same length. I almost reset the saw to the other side to cut the otherhalf of the legs when I realized that you can flip and then turn them over to get the
opposite side.
Make sure that the bevel leans into the center of the chair when you
connect the pieces.
I drilled pockety holes into the cross pieces for the legs and the stretchers
that connect the two leg assemblies.
This Kreg clamp is a life saver. I have a real problem with the wood shifting
when I drill in the pockets holes and making the pieces uneven.
It wasnt in the plans but I used a 1/4" roundover bit on my router table
to ease over the sides of the legs and bottom of the crosspieces. I left the topand bottoms flat. The top of the legs is at a 5 degree bevel but the crosspiece
is not so I had to be careful when I attached them to keep the high point to
the outside.


I also rounded over the bottom of the stretchers.

I used my Rockler mini clamp-it to get the strectchers in the right
place and angle for gluing and screwing.
Its always good to have a helper.

I marked the two pieces to make them easier to line up.

One side done.

I test fitted it before applying glue.

One of my legs shifted a little so its not quite square but
it sits flat on the ground so I am not going to complain.
Im halfway done with the first chair.

This is post 1 of a 3 part series.
You can read part 2 here:
http://blogspot.com/2013/02/thumb-chair-update.html
and part 3 here:
http://blogspot.com/2013/02/thumb-chair-update.html
and part 3 here:
http://blogspot.com/2013/02/the-first-thumb-chair-is-done.html
Thursday, January 16, 2014
This Week Chair building plans woodworking
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