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Looks great, nicely done.
 

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Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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What type of hand tools are you using? Spoke shaves and a shaving mule? Nicely done!
 

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Hey , nmh: lathe turned the legs, stretchers, arm posts. Travishers and round bottom plane & such for seat. Spokeshaves for spindles and clean up on seat, etc…Rasps and sandpaper, router, & Handpowered drill. I may have missed a few, but that's it. thanks for your comment.
 

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Great looking chair. It brings to mind the old question how's your pommel ? LOL
 

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That's lovely, Michelle. I like the splay of the legs; it looks sturdy instead of spread too far apart and angled out. The hoop back is nice, too, and continuous arm. Sweet!
 

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You know, I get used to seeing windsor chair projects here and I have to remind myself "This is a big accomplishment!" You did an excellent job on a very challenging project!
 

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Michelletwo,
I have been away from LJ for a while, but that is a nice looking chair. I started building Windsors last May and have built 7 different chairs now and have all the forms and patterns made for future use. Did you take instruction from any one or a master? I plan to get juried hopefully. I have experienced different with milk paints and have studied windsors for a long time so it came natural to me when I started making them. I have more of a roll over from the pommel around to the chair arm stubs. I only paint my Windsors with milk paint. If I get any orders for a cherry windsor I will let you know. Nice clean work and what kind of finish is on your chairs? I use 4 parts BLO and 1 part mineral spirits. If I can help in anyway let me know.
 

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Very nice work, Michelletwo. I've done several Windsors using the traditional woods, with a milk paint finish to bring it together. Working all in cherry allows you the luxury of a natural finish without the mismatch problem. How touchy was the steambending process with cherry? I suspect the seat carving was a good bit more work than with pine.
 

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Thanks all for taking the time to comment. It is much appreicated. Finish: I believe I used a danish, and wax..My memory isn't my finest attribute. I do not like shiny finishes, and like the wood to look & feel like wood. The cherry has had time to get the spectacular old cherry color. Yep, Grant I have made many of the standard pine seat, ash,maple, whatever combos. The cherry is such a feast for the eyes. Bending the cherry was much more difficult. The piece had to be absolutely perfect, and I took special care with it. But it's head & shoulders easier than a continuous arm. Now there's a real buzzard of a job. I made one & I will never make another. And digging out the seat was not like pine..I did resort to some power assist!!!!
 

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a made well work, I have never made any chair of cherry tree, suppose that the inconvenient only one is his increase of weight, the seat of pine makes them lighter but also weaker. I am sorry that you have not done any more photography.
 

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Michelle,

It looks very authentic. I love Windsors, but have decided that I will concentrate on making simple things with straight lines that I can accomplish in my lifetime. Windsors are for the talented woodworkers like you!

Thanks for sharing.
 

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Great chair Michelle! I am at a Windsor NYC chair class in NH with a fellow Lumberjock right now! I will post the results when I return home.
 
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