Morris Chair Build

What colour will the cushions be?

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Very Nice.

There is a plan in the July issue of Wood Magazine that I have been considering.

Are the curved arms glued up strips?

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Great looking chair Mike

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The cushions will be a colonial blue. I’m paying homage to a morris chair that my uncle had when I was growing up. I used to sit on his lap in that chair. His son has it now. The arms were made from 2 layers of 1/2 inch oak that were laid up on a curved buck.

-- Mike P.

I really like this project and you are doing a great job with it. This’ll be an heirloom.

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

That is a neat chair

Are the arms cut to the curve

or bent?

Jamie

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The arms are bent. I made a curved buck out of 6 layers of 3/4 particle board. The arms started out as 2 layers of 1/2” oak slatheren with titebond between them and then clamped over the curved buck. The buck was about a 30% tighter bend than the finished curve. When the clamps came off the arms flattened out to the curve they are now. I used the average curve of the arms to mark the side frames. They actually came out almost identical. I’ve done clamped buck bending with thinner strips and I’ve steam bent full thickness pieces. It definitely is art and not science.

-- Mike P.

Beautiful looking and well constructed chair!

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Nice chair!

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I wish I’ll someday have the time to make such a chair. Thanks for sharing.

I plan to build one of these out of walnut using the Wood magazine plans. How did you like them, did you think they were clear enough? I just have to get the bedside tables and headboard for my bedroom done first, then comes the morris chair… I can’t wait.

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Outstanding!

-- Mike - Northern Upper Michigan

Great looking chair! well done.

-- Ben from IL

nice build

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I really like this. Sorry for the stupid question, but about how many BF of oak did you use?

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