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The is a play on the design of the Danish modern chair designer, Hans Wegner. The original includes a padded leather seat but this one I altered the design to include a handwoven rush pattern seat made of danish cord. The back is 1-1/4” thick solid white oak steam bent to a 11-1/8” radius and hand shaped with draw knife, etc.
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 138 days ago
Beautiful design a wonderful build,great job.
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Caleb James
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#2 posted 138 days ago
I really like making this chair. I am in the midst of doing 10 right now in walnut but with a little alteration on the cross braces. I will put up some photos when those are complete.
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
tsangell
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#3 posted 138 days ago
Lovely. I’ve enjoyed seeing some of your work, and I even watched your video series on the cord seat. Fascinating!
Caleb James
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#4 posted 138 days ago
Thanks, I am glad you liked it. I hope it helps people explore chairmaking more.
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
Caleb James
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#5 posted 138 days ago
For those that don’t want to fumble around trying to find the video on how to weave a rush pattern danish paper cord seat, this is the link.
http://youtu.be/az5fjeRdt3A
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
Zor
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#6 posted 138 days ago
Holy cow! I’m a sucker for danish modern furniture and chairs in general. That’s awesome. I can’t wait to see pictures of them in walnut!
Caleb James
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#7 posted 138 days ago
I will see if I can get around to posting some more of those then. Thanks.
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
Dennisgrosen
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#8 posted 138 days ago
as one who lives in the Denmark and have seen a few design chairs
I think you did a great job on this one and its looking good with the
soap finish :-)
thanks for sharing
Dennis
ScottMorrison
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#9 posted 137 days ago
Excellent job Caleb. I’m a big fan of Hans Wegner and you did him proud. Wonderful…
-- Scott Morrison, Montana, http://www.finewoodworker.com
Woodbridge
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#10 posted 137 days ago
beautiful chair and beautiful work!
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#11 posted 137 days ago
Classy , very well executed ! Be proud of this one !
-- some men see things that are and wonder why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not .... rfk
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#12 posted 137 days ago
Really lovely!
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#13 posted 137 days ago
What a beauty! Steam bending 1.25” oak must have been some chore!
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Caleb James
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#14 posted 137 days ago
Yes, bending that wood took quite some experimenting to get it done right. I have a video of me bending some walnut backs. That was even trickier. The link is below.
http://youtu.be/Jxt427LhiWU
You really need to know what is going on in the wood to get it to bend with success when it is so thick.
-- http://www.calebjameschairmaker.com, http://www.kapeldesigns.com
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