What I find most fascinating about these type of projects is the insight into all the jiggery required to make it easier to do multiples. They all need to be identical and of course easy to produce.
The details you post are a great lesson Ross!
Thanks, Splint. Each new chair project brings its own challenges, and engineers love having problems to solve. 😁 This chair hasn't needed as many jigs as others (like the Wegner deck chair project), but the curves and angles have had me scratching my head more on this project.
Steve Rasmussen commented 1 day ago The attention to the shaping details really adds a lot to this already impressive project. You're making great progress!
Thanks, Steve. Once I start rounding hard edges, I know I'm fairly far along with the construction. I should be applying finish later this month.
Thanks, Ron. Shaping freehand (as opposed to using a router) is something I need to practice until it doesn't feel foreign. No two legs out of the eight really needs to be exactly the same, and that should be liberating. But I'm still under the tyranny of the thought that they should be as identical as I can make them. I need to loosen-up!
Dave Polaschek commented about 21 hours ago One trick when setting up a spokeshave is to set the blade heavier on one end than the other, so you can have varying depth of cut depending on which part of the blade you use. I did this a lot more when I was getting started, and do it less now, since I have multiple shaves which are all set up slightly differently.
It’s coming together nicely!
Thanks for the comments, Dave. I bought the Lie Nielsen Boggs spokeshave, and I can't extend the blade to far before I've completely closed the throat. Backed-off so it's just catching the work I get a few nice curls until they start clogging the throat. I read a couple of places the some have filed the opening bigger to address this issue. I need to eliminate the possibility of user error before I start modifying the tool.
Kaerlighedsbamsen commented about 20 hours ago This stage in a project is one of my favorites (after the initial designphase and prototyping). The shaping of nice details, getting the curves just right and sometimes shiftig focus from the eyes to the hands; making it not just look right but also feel right.
I agree, Ty. When I'm checking for fair, I'll often look away as I'm moving my fingers over the wood to feel for irregularities. It's a pleasant shift in gears.
