Thread: Making an English Comb-back Windsor Chair

Originally Posted by artme

Don't watch a lot of commercial TV BUT:
I noticed tonight that the Gobbledock is back!

Same here Arthur pity I have given them up seriously oh to taste a real Smiths Crisp with the little packet f add yourself salt.
Ah well Cashews, and crackers n dips,dried fruits.

Originally Posted by springwater

Riveting stuff WW, can't wait to see the arm jigs. Jeez it'd be good if video was able to be thrown around the internet like type or still shots, I'm sure many people would like to see you shape the seat, for instance.

Got to agree with that video would be good.

An addition to the WWF video section now I have not seen that mentioned for some time.

Will someone nudge Ruffly she's snoring

Nice.

Just curios WW. Did all of your patterns come from other's patterns, or were they ones you drew up yourself based on your training and experience.??

I've never been trained in any of this and I have never used anyone else' drawings simply because I doubt if they'd be as particular as I am and also, any mistakes would be replicated.

All my patterns have been painstakingly taken from original pieces of 18th century furniture. In this case, the seat pattern includes notes of the arm height, back height, back angle, seat angle/height, leg, arm post, stretcher and stick diameters, arm thickness/width and a tracing of the arm scroll, and the overall dimensions of the crest rail.

The only licence taken is with the shape/curve of the arm because it's virtually impossible to trace the original while still attached to the chair. However, I have written dimensions for clues in this regard such as overall width, overall depth, splay angle and corner radius etc.

I'm making the seat height of this chair 1" taller as I'm long-legged. When I eventually slide off my bench, someone can chop the legs down to a more normal height.

Will your patterns be included in the 'forthcoming' book?

If so, that would be a great service to the whole woodworking world.

Originally Posted by jmk89

Will your patterns be included in the 'forthcoming' book?

Along with all my mistakes?

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Along with all my mistakes?

Of course, we need all the "design features"

Chris Schwarz is blogging on his Windsor chair making lessons at the moment: Windsor Institute - Day 1

It'll be interesting to see how the American version of a Windsor chair compares to the real thing....

Originally Posted by rhancock

Chris Schwarz is blogging on his Windsor chair making lessons at the moment: Windsor Institute - Day 1

It'll be interesting to see how the American version of a Windsor chair compares to the real thing....

Grouse dueling Windsor's or racing Windsor's at least the wheather has cooled down for our boy

Will your patterns be included in the 'forthcoming' book?

Tell me more.

Originally Posted by Clinton1

Tell me more.

It seems to have turned into a WWF tradition for someone to prod WoodWould to publish a book of his collected wisdom, but I'm starting thinking it'd be better to download his entire brain into a super computer instead.

Originally Posted by rhancock

It seems to have turned into a WWF tradition for someone to prod WoodWould to publish a book of his collected wisdom, but I'm starting thinking it'd be better to download his entire brain into a super computer instead.

A super puter? The way my brain's fading, the Antikythera Mechanism should be more than up to the task.

Although Babbage would be closer to your period.

Regarding the baluster legs, do you know how did this style come about? Were there turners making parts for staircases that started using them in chairs, or was it just a style of leg that became common in the Thames Valley?