A new dining room set for my wife! #2: The back legs. Throwing a curve at them.

Gary, I have never made one either, but would not hesitate if I decide i wanted to, so you should be able to crank them out in your sleep ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Hi Gary,

Looks like your going to have some fun on this one. It’s nice to see you back into the big pieces again. You are an excellent craftsman & I’m looking forward to seeing the progress.

-- Dennis Zongker

I’m certain your chairs will impress, seeing your the craftsman.
Look forward to more, i’m glad your finding the time

-- Junior -Quality is never an accident-it is the reward for the effort involved.

Coming along nicely Gary. Nice to see someone else makes as much mess as I do. I like your ideas about your chair backs. Very few dining sets have comfortable seat backs with lumbar support. These are looking just right. I’ll be following.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

Looks like a nice bunch of Legs!

Have you made a prototype or just going at what you think is it?

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Hi Gary;

This is going to be fun to watch.

You’re off to a good start.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Look forward to seeing these come together.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

good going gary

simple jigs work just as well as art ones

i know you will enjoy the various challenges as i did
when i made 8 chairs too

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Good start. Looking ahead on the next step.

-- Bert

That’s the trick. Have a pattern so they all come out the same. The hardest part of making a set of chairs comes when it’s time to sand all of those parts. Keep us posted.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

Gary: I love pattern cutting. Nice use of the jigs to make them. Is that a solid carbide spiral with a bearing?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

i made 6 chairs out of mesq. Then made 2 more,but kept the hard pat’s. Just in case. Yours are going to look great,as all your other things have in the past. good start!! My chairs were a first time try also.

-- Al, South E. Az., But it's a dry heat.

Gary,

This should be good instruction for those of us who haven’t yet made a chair. We’ll be following along.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Joe – The only prototype I felt that I needed was for the back. The rest is standard dimensions. You can see the prototype for the back in the lower right part of the third picture.

Karson – Yea that’s a solid carbide bit with a bearing. It’s one of those compression bit I blogged about earlier.
I got it from Woodcraft with the winnings from the last contest. If I would have known how good it worked I would have spent the $100 a long time ago.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Gary, i just looked through your blogs and reviews, i didn’t see anything tilted carbide bit. Where did you rite about it? thx ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0