355 days ago
by Betsy |
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This is the tricky part. Getting the angled cut on the back armrest support. The idea is that you want to cut the required 25 degree angle but not cut it across the entire length of the board. You want to cut from the shoulder of one half lap joint to the shoulder of the opposite end. Can’t do it on the table saw. You could hand chop it – but that’s pretty tough. I prefer the band saw method.
First though the reason you don’t want to cut the angled back across the...
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361 days ago
by Betsy |
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Well I’m back from being sick and spent some time in the shop last night working on the arm assemblies. I worked on the lap joints and the basic shaping tonight. The next step will be to do the finish shaping, the angle for the back support and the assembly itself.
First I want to show you that some of the wood I picked despite trying to get the best stuff did have a few problems, but they can generally be worked around. This piece has a check, but by moving the template around on th...
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379 days ago
by Betsy |
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The back assembly is broken down into five slats, the foundation and one support piece. The center slat is 7” x 33” and has a radius of 3.5”. The radius is easy to make with just a compass. Extend the compass on a ruler until it spans 3.5”. Mark your slat down 3.5 from the top and 3.5 from the side. This gives you your center point. Place the metal tip of the compass on this point and swing the business end in an arc creating your half circle/radius across the top of the board. You now have ...
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400 days ago
by Betsy |
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Well today is a short evening in the shop. Just enough time to do the front legs and get the leg assembly glued up.
First I thought I’d show you a small check on one end of a board. There are obvious reasons to avoid check, but I thought I’d show you that even someone with very little hand strength can break a board if they have a check they can cheat with.
Ok – back to the legs.
The front legs are 19 3/4” high5 3/8” across the top2 1/8” ac...
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404 days ago
by Betsy |
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Well – here starts the journey. I’m going to build a set of two chairs with footstools and a table to donate to my church’s services auction. As much as I’d like to donate cedar or cypress or some other really nice wood. I’m going with pine. The preacher and I talked about it and the most likely scenario is that whoever bids on the chairs will probably paint them so no sense using the really good stuff. So I’m going with pine from the big box store.
Pick...
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