closing in on the home stretch...

[Dan Noren]

back to it again with this one! got the other three chairs taken apart, and sanded to bare wood again (to a 220 grit). luckily, a water based dye did not sink at all into the white oak. tomorrow starts the finishing.

 

[Dan Noren]

started on the finishing process today. got the lower table parts started (top will be later), one of the chairs, and started on the second chair. got to be too hot, and stopped.'

 

[Dan Noren]

got the last of the chair parts stained. tomorrow starts the gel stain...

 

[Darren Wright]

So are are they doing the fair this year? And are you entering any projects in it?

 

[Dan Noren]

still up in the air, they are still arguing security. nothing this year, and maybe next as well. kinda soured on them.

 

[Brent Dowell]

still up in the air, they are still arguing security. nothing this year, and maybe next as well. kinda soured on them.

That's a darn shame.

 

[glenn bradley]

Coming along beautifully. Happy wife, happy life.

 

[Dan Noren]

while back in the garage, got the coat of kona gel stain on the parts today, so i can start the shellac tomorrow....

 

[Darren Wright]

Looking good!

 

[Dan Noren]

one more coat of shellac, then pledge, then it is assembly time!

 

[Dan Noren]

cut the chair back tops to length, and cut the tenons yesterday. cut the mortises for the back spindles today, and will start the finishing process tonight. once those are ready, i can start assembling, and upholstering the chairs, and still beat brent's record....

 

[Dan Noren]

okey-day, stained them last night, and hit them with the kona gel stain today. the 2 coats of garnet shellac will go on tomorrow. got the second coat on the rest of the parts today. hope to start assembly tomorrow. good thing i think, these warmer temps, the shellac is getting baked on, in the really warm garage.

 

[Dan Noren]

finish sanded the table top. down to 220 grit.

 

[Dan Noren]

set up, and glued the cross supports for the table. set up one of the chairs, to make sure seat cushion supports are the right size. also found out the tenons for the new tops are a shade too big, just have to sand them a little bit.

 

[Dan Noren]

got all of the cushions done today.

 

[Dan Noren]

got the bottom done, but not going to shellac it, since no one will see it. tomorrow, the top side, and sides.

 

[Dan Noren]

got a pic of the main cross brace, with the table irons in place.

 

[Dan Noren]

got the table base assembled. now on to the chairs. i may not break brent's record...

 

[Dan Noren]

got the first of the chairs assembled, and found out that i need to take about 1/4 inch off one side of all of the finished cushions, so they will drop in place. not the foam mind you, but the plywood base. jesus wept...

 

[Dan Noren]

i guess the dear lord decided to have some mercy on me after all. i put another (3rd tried) cushion in place, and figured, what the heck, and sat on the chair. amazingly enough, it popped into place, right on top of the supports.
oh, and yes, it was quite comfortable, straight back and all.