Thread: Yet another Cedar chair

This old chair had been on a farm outside, next to the back door to put on shoes for decades.
It needs some love so it can go on the other side of the door.

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The seat looks to have seen some unspeakable horrors, so it gets a new (old) one.

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Just about every joint was nailed and smashed.

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The chair was dismantled.

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I needed to add floating tenons to most parts.

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Cleaned up the remaining joints.

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One front leg was slightly shorter than the other (3/4"). I didn't want to shorten the longer leg as it was already worn down.
I turned a dowel from the short tip, glued on a block of cedar and turned a new tip.

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This is where I'm up to.
Clean the parts, glue everything together and then polish.

I'll post some more pics when I get some more done.

Cheers,
Stu