chair

I decided to try my hand at making custom pivot hardware that's similar to what's on the original chair.   I started with a small 150x150x2 plate o...

Except not "finished."  I should say, it's functional. I did the test lacing with the chair on the floor.  That was a bit hard on my back.  I got ...

After a day to contemplate the error of my ways, I set to removing the finish from the top of the arms in order to sand the scratches.  I spent som...

I spent a lot of time online looking at images of mid-century modern chairs looking for inspiration for the base.  I kept coming back to this recli...

First thing in the morning of 1/1/25 I started applying the Rubio Monocoat 2C black.  Overall, I was happy with the result.  However, with the addi...

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...

The back stretcher will be rotated 39 degrees (roughly) from vertical to allow it to be joined at the thick part of the leg and will be wide enough...

On the heels of completing a second deck chair based on Wegner's GE-375 from pressure-treated decking, I still had some scraps left over.  Enough f...

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...

Because my seat frame components are probably not quite as thick as those in the original, I compensated by making mine slightly wider an limiting ...

The previous owner of our house installed a hot tub 25-30 years ago, and I was able it keep it going for the last 10 years we've own it with practi...

To me, a chair stretcher doesn't seem like something that ought to require a lot of design work, but I managed to spend 3 days trying to work out s...