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Alright, finally got a little more done on this project. I sharpened up the blade on my 5 1/2 Bailey Dad gave me and went to work taking the cups out of boards I glued up for each of the seats. Ended up with a nice little batch of curlies.

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Today I ran back to the Northern Tool store and returned the drill press mortising attachment. Just wanted to mention that their store and on-line store are not the same company. They will ship to store and you can return there, but you still have to call to get a RA number to do the return, which I did while standing at the store's cash register, so wasn't a big deal, just thought they would have done it for you. :dunno:

Anyway I ran to HF and was considering buying their mortiser, but for about $100 more I can pickup the Grizzly one and it's looks to be of better quality. I ended up going by my FIL's place and borrowing his, which is a Grizzly.

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Still have a few more to do on the uprights for the back, then on to drilling tenon holes in the seats and legs.
 
Decided to continue onto mortising the uprights. They splay outward 5* and back 10*, so cut two shims for this task.
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Both will be used for the mortises for the arm rests. Will do that tomorrow as the brain was getting tired and almost making mistakes. Stay tuned.
 
Cool beans, should be nice to get to workout the Griz & see if it's something you'll be happy with. I haven't even tried out my mortising attachment, to lazy to spend the time without a need :eek:. And thanks for showing how you attained the angle set-up, simple and efficient :thumb:
 
Darren, i went back and had a look at the google pics, what made you decide on rectangular mortises? From what i could see in the pics although square wood was used for cross members etc they all had round tenons on the end. I did see you mention this in one of your posts but what i was wondering is what made you make the change.

I agree with you on the comparison of the HF mortiser to the Grizzly unit. You can see it in the main upright. Shop fox unit looks even better for the extra 1/4 hp but another bill stretch.

Imagine you feeling the pressure to get this done eh, that little guy will soon be outgrown the need if you dont. ;)
 
Thanks guys.

Rob, I dunno, why I changed it up, probably would be close to done by now. :) Just like the square tenon look in the drawing, I might change it, but yes, I am running out of time quickly. He's still drinking formula, but has started to eat as much real food lately. His schedule is still off from ours, though I've heard I should eat smaller quantities more often like him. ;)
 
Last week when it was in the 20's I sat in my office and did a bunch of the layouts for all the drilling, today it was in the 50's, so got quite a bit done.

I made up a little 10* angle base for doing compound angles on my drill press. The legs are splayed 10* out on the corners
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The result.
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Next were the stretchers, the were originally 1 1/2" square like the legs, but thought they looked a bit bulky, so ended up shaving a 1/2" off their widths. The tenons seemed a bit large too, so turned them down to 7/8" from 1". I also miscalculated the angle, was thinking it would be 10*, but the compound angle ended up making it 15* (thank goodness for sketchup). I also cut one stretcher about 1/2" short, it could work, but going to make a new one tomorrow to replace it.
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As I was cutting my lap joints on the stretchers, it seemed that my saw was making an odd noise. I shut it down and did some investigation, this is what I found. :doh: I had my 2 1/2 hose hooked up for the router table and had let it fall behind the TS. A little duct tape and it was good as new. ;)
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To make it easier to get some of the other parts fitted and make final glue-up easier, I added some strategically placed pocket screws to the leg tenons.
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My dad's high chair had been "repaired" over the years, and to stiffen up the tenons,,some metal "L" brackets were added. I'm hoping the pocket screws and deeper tenons will keep that from happening with these chairs.
 
Been fighting a cold this week, so not had much shop time. Tonight I got the rest of the arm rest spindles turned. The front two on each chair have a bead turned into them to keep the nylon "T" strap, I'm planning to add, from slipping down.

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