Ken thanks for posting. I am very happy for you that this one worked out so well.
Is there anything you did differently or you think its just the way the cookie crumbles.
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Thread: My Windsor chairs attempt
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02-25-2012, 03:14 AM #111
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02-25-2012, 12:50 PM #112
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Rob, I'm embarrassed to admit that it was user error. I had the first arm oriented incorrectly on the jig [it's easy with all the bends] and tried to put a twist in that simply tore it apart. The other thing I did better was to get a full head of steam going before starting the one hour clock. All in all, it went much better. The wood bent quite nicely. It wasn't like spaghetti, but took surprisingly little force.
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02-29-2012, 01:42 AM #113
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Now you're cookin' Ken! Very cool.
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02-29-2012, 01:14 PM #114
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Cookin'? Don, I am steaming!
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03-04-2012, 01:19 PM #115
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So after a week by the wood stove, here is what the continuous arm looks like. It'll need some refinement, but I'm happy with the result so far.
Time to start another one.If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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03-04-2012, 02:09 PM #116
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wont be long now and the chair will be holding a grandpa like figure huh, settin on the front porch tellun yarns
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03-27-2012, 10:05 PM #117
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Well, I had to wait a while for the gouge to arrive, to cut the gutter, so today I worked on the gutter, and hollowed out some of the seat. It'll take quite a bit more shaping though. Tools used - inshave, travisher and compass plane.
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03-28-2012, 04:29 PM #118
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Cool stuff, Ken.
What part is the gutter?
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03-28-2012, 08:21 PM #119
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Mind on the gutter again, Mr. McM?
Originally Posted by Vaughn McMillan
The gutter is the little curved groove between the spindle deck [at the rear of the seat] and the hollowed out sit part.If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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03-28-2012, 09:51 PM #120
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Better the mind than the butt, which is what you'll have in the gutter once the chair is done. Originally Posted by ken werner
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