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A few months ago I drove back from the city with a car boot / trunk full of sycamore logs. The tree fellers were glad to have someone take it away. I fairly immediately rough turned up a batch of legs and brought them indoors half expecting lots of splitting and/or distortion. This week I took a chance at making this chair using that sycamore (except for the seat which was a well seasoned board).
Another gift for grandson Sam, it has a message burnt in (pyrographed??) under the seat.
We have a few more weeks before the Christmas handover should the legs decide to shrink their way out of the holes.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
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Grumpy
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posted 381 days ago
Nice job. Your grandson should have something to remember for a very long time.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
mrtrim
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posted 381 days ago
your a real craftsman stewart very well done
Dadoo
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posted 381 days ago
Yes, I agree…This is very nice. What message did you “burn” into the bottom?
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
CharlieM1958
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posted 381 days ago
This is a great chair, Stewart. Sam will have quite a collection of heirlooms tp pass down to his children and grandchildren. You are assured of living in all their lives through these pieces for a long, long time.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
relic
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posted 381 days ago
What a great looking chair and gift.
-- Andy Stark
TomFran
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posted 381 days ago
Stewart, All I can say is, “You are good!”
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Thos. Angle
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posted 381 days ago
Awful nice chair there , Stewart. I’ll bet Sam likes it.
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
cajunpen
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posted 380 days ago
Stewart that is a fine looking chair. You are a true craftsman. How do you go about shaping the seat and what angle did you cut the legs bottoms at?
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Kevin Violette
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posted 380 days ago
Nice job Stewart! I like the thick turnings, they offer a nice contrast.
-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)
Karson
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posted 380 days ago
Great chair Stewart. Another heirloom.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
YorkshireStewart
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posted 379 days ago
Again, thanks for all your comments fellow craftspeople.
Dadoo – I suppose it’s just a permanent ‘Christmas Label’ from us to him along with places and dates. It would be good to think it’ll be the basis of stories from Sam to his grandchildren!
Cajunpen – I’ve puzzled how to describe the compound angles in words. Here’s a picture of the template I’ve used for three child-sized chairs up to now. I’m afraid I can’t locate the source of the template.
Ooops thats’ turned out a bit big! Nearly life size. There’s also now a picture (above) of the seat being shaped with the travisher.
biff_kpv – Yes, I deliberately aimed for chunky turnings; I found that attempting a true scale-down from an adult chair looks too spindly.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
dustynewt
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posted 378 days ago
Beautiful chair. I love sycamore.
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