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Ross Leidy
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Hans Wegner's "Bukkestolen" #5: Stretcher practice run
Ross Leidy
I can't really tell if the ends of the stretchers on the original chair had shoulders around the tenons or not. I decided that I would use shoulde...
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Hans Wegner's "Bukkestolen" #4: Trimming legs to shape
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With the leg finger joints complete, I could trim the legs to their final shape. This could have been done more quickly on the table saw with a p...
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Hans Wegner's "Bukkestolen" #3: Arm finger joints
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While I had been thinking about how to make the arms from the time I had started scheming to build this chair, by the time I got to this point, I s...
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Hans Wegner's "Bukkestolen" #2: Leg finger joints
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I think that the row of finger joints between the arm and leg is a perfect example of honest design. The joint provides incredible strength to the...
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Hans Wegner's "Bukkestolen" #1: Introduction
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In this project, I'll be building a pair of chairs modeled after Hans Wegner's, "Bukkestolen", which he designed for Johannes Hansen in 1959. Weg...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #11: Wrap-up
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The panel is done, but since it is a piece of another project, the final panel photos are a bit anti-climactic. The panel received a couple coats...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #10: Hot off the Press
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After 4.5 hrs in the press, this is what greeted me when I pulled-out the panel. At first I thought the ripples were the result of too much glue, ...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #9: Glue-up
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I just had a few steps to get the panel ready for glue-up. Finishing the border: [20240413-IMG_9024.jpg] [20240413-IMG_9031.jpg] Applying the ...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #8: Test Panel
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Before tackling the remaining steps on the large panel, I made a small test panel to experiment with. I didn't really have a plan for the layout, ...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #7: Completing the Pattern
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I shifted the cutting mat down to work on the bottom portion and put the whole thing on top of some salvaged plywood shelves for full length suppor...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #6: More of the Same
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Just some more progress photos as I completed the upper right quadrant. [20240329-IMG_8956.jpg] [20240329-IMG_8957.jpg] [20240330-IMG_8958.jpg] [2...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #5: Westward Expansion
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Tonight I finished the top-left quadrant. No hiccups, fortunately. I had left space for the "string" for the yellow balloon, thinking I might p...
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