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  1. 24th August 2010, 11:20 PM #1
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    Default dodgy first chair!

    hey guys thought i'd put some photos up of my first chair, made it pretty hard for myself. timber is blackwood approx 1200-480-480 oil finish front leg to seat joint is twin through wedged mortise and tenon, the rest of the joints are just normal stopped m and t's except backrest which is half lapped, quite difficult! machined the timber and bandsawed the rough shapes then the rest was done with a spokesave and chisels basically and a carving gouge for the seat. Backrest is laminated. all the joints were cut by hand. i actually got second at wood show in perth for tertiary but pretty lucky i think its a lil dodgy. got plenty of photos of it being made if any1 wants 2 c
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  3. 24th August 2010, 11:27 PM #2
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    A very fine effort for #1. #100 should be interesting.
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  4. 25th August 2010, 01:02 AM #3
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    sexy. bet my butt would be pretty comfy in that!

    i like your work!
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  5. 25th August 2010, 07:34 AM #4
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    Fine looking chair you got there, I cant see anything dodgy about it
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  6. 25th August 2010, 07:52 AM #5
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    A great looking chair!!

    Love the BW!
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  7. 25th August 2010, 08:00 AM #6
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    Nothing dodgy about that sir! Kudos on some excellent work!

    As Woodwuld stated, the fact that this is your first is amazing, which bodes well for further work!

    Thanks for the peek!
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  8. 25th August 2010, 01:59 PM #7
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    Looks pretty good. Time (and someone rocking back on it) will tell re the structural soundness.
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  9. 25th August 2010, 02:07 PM #8
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    That is fine looking chair well done

    Now for a matching set
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  10. 25th August 2010, 02:08 PM #9
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    That is a nice looking chair. I like it.
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  11. 25th August 2010, 06:13 PM #10
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    thats some really nice work driftit. I particularly like the way you have fanned out the backrest. The curves in the seat are graceful & just ask to be sat on.
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  12. 25th August 2010, 07:18 PM #11
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    that's a nice chair

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  13. 25th August 2010, 07:52 PM #12
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    The photo's look really nice. How about posting the so called dodgy chair for us to see.
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  14. 25th August 2010, 08:01 PM #13
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    Nice work.

    Why are you saying that it is dodgy?
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  15. 25th August 2010, 08:05 PM #14
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    Great chair
    Neil is pretty inspirational when it comes to chair making. Love to see the progress pics

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  16. 25th August 2010, 09:26 PM #15
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    That is one fine looking chair !!

    you have done a great job for your first chair

    congrats for the second place at wood show too
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