The making of... pics Part III
Well, here I am again…
Once the seat and back rest cut I realised that the recess I made to get more gluing surface and to be able to carve a gentle curve so that the upper edge of the back rest wouldn’t hurt your hip I found out that there was a chunk missing, in this case it wasn’t a measure twice cut once error but a think twice and analize three one.
This triangular space had to be filled, and as didn’t want to spend much time adjusting the joints I decided to strip off the piece off wood that made the recess and cut a new one.
Now I realise I could have got away by just putting this triangular piece because the joint will remain in the interior of the miter joint.
So nobody would have noticed and it wouldn’t even show. Well… only on the bottom of the chair seen from below.
This is the triangular void that had to be filled with. Here you can see why I shoudn’t have cut the slanted profile of the end of the side. I should have left it straight, adjust the miter joint with the back and shape oblique once glued. Three mistakes on the same corner multiplied by two. That makes a total of 6. Curiously enough I was more dissappointed than frustrated or mad at myself. Hey Stu. Are there any books there to instruct oneself to make the Hara-Kiri or Sepukku?
The piece once remade. I decided not to remake the sides, I hate wasting wood so, I’ll disguise it somehow and as I been ordered by my SWMBO to make another one (one for each of us) I hope not make the same mistakes again and that second one should come out better
Dry fitting and adjusting the miter joints and the sides match with the seat
The back, with the shaping cuts done prior to gluing to the seat.
The back once glued, roughing it off, and almost there. Notice the parts left on the ends, they will be used to clamp the sides when gluing them and get a good contact on the miter joint
to be continued… or so I hope
Thanks for looking