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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Ward View Post
    ..... as they are made with the blood, sweat and tears of a loving man'
    More like Blood, Sweat & Swear, and then lots more blood

    Great job fletty, they will be treasured forever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post

    I'm gluing the slats with hide glue because I'm still concerned about the slats breaking and needing to be replaced. Only time will tell.

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    Does everyone remember when Woodwould introduced us to the term "horse sauce" for hide glue? WELL, the horse that was boiled down to make the glue l'm using on the slats would be still trying to finish the 1967 Melbourne Cup if it hadn't died of old age near the last turn in 2012! It is SO slow!
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Could be you've been horsing about to much

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    Could be you've been horsing about to much
    ........more likely because l'm knackered?
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    One brief note about your models-Get some curve on the width of the back. Nothing worse than a chair that your spine takes all the pressure of leaning back. Worst examples are nasty pine/Asian chairs designed to be made for a price -but seriously don't care if they are never used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    Ladies and Gentlemen,
    May I introduce to you Ellen, my great great grandmother......., or at least the chair named after her!

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    I don't quite know how but Magnus, my great great grandfather, was going to be first but somehow Ellen snuck ahead of him? All 8 chairs will be named after my ancestors and given to my daughters so I guess I should add another "great" for them. The first 6 are dining chairs and I now have all of the components finished for them and, if they are the same for number 7, office chair, and number 8, a rocking chair, they are made as well. I now have to make the remaining 7 cushion frames ​and get all 8 covered in leather and I still need to decide whether I do or don't fit heavy beading on the bottom of the aprons?
    It feels nice to make progress again,

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    I had been working with a local upholsterer to make and cover the cushions with leather BUT, when the quote to do the work came to $4000, I needed a Plan B!
    As I had done everything so far bar felling the tree, I decided that DIY was the way to go and thus the next Chapter begins, but in another thread......

    sewing help

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    The journey is finished except for handing the 6 chairs to my 3 daughters and for them to put the chairs with their matching tables. Today I finished the leather cushions, extracted the chairs from their hidey-holes and put them all together for the first time.
    It has taken a few years but much of that time has been waiting for divine intervention to resolve the upholstery impasse. "Divine" didn't happen but "DIY" did. Thankyou for your interest and, to many of you, for your support.
    I hope that these chairs, each one of which is named after one of my ancestors, will be cherished by those who follow me in the family,

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    Good job Flettmeister! But what are you going to sit on (indeed are sitting on) at the computer?
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    Beautiful job. Well worth the time and effort I say, and you learned a new skill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Good job Flettmeister! But what are you going to sit on (indeed are sitting on) at the computer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    Best get busy then.
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    Tonight the first 2 chairs were united with their matching table at Number 1 daughter's. All daughters were present for the occassion......

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    These 2 are in memory of their Great, Great, Great Grandmother and Grandfather, Ellen and Magnus and the chairs are carved with their names.
    It's going to be a BIG night!

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    They look so nice next to the table Fletty!

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    Great to see them all together Alan......has to be a special occasion I know all 3 girls will cherish the work and history behind them.

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