Thread: My first Chair

Wow, nice work. I am impressed. It is not hard to tell that you’ve got the skills to do woodwork. Your work looks very tidy. And the timber is?

If you are going to play with the design, you might want to make the legs a bit thinner. The chair looks a bit too heavy to me. It is a matter of taste of course.

Excellent.
The timber sizes suit Arts & Crafts furniture

Well done arch Its a buzz when you complete your first chair and it turns out so well.

Have you any pics of it in progress?

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Wow, nice work. I am impressed. It is not hard to tell that you’ve got the skills to do woodwork. Your work looks very tidy. And the timber is?

If you are going to play with the design, you might want to make the legs a bit thinner. The chair looks a bit too heavy to me. It is a matter of taste of course.

Thanks Wongo,

I'll take the leg suggestion on board, it isn't something that had worried me.

What I'm thinking is:
* get rid of the slats on the back and sides.
* have a padded leather back
* round all the edges (1.6 or 3.2mm radius)

I bought the timber at AFT, they sell it as Eastern Mahogany. (Chukrassia Tabularis).
http://www.afttimbers.com/Mahogany%20Eastern.htm

It was a brown colour. I dyed it, then stained it, wiped on Floorseal and finished with EEE.

Originally Posted by Lignum

Well done arch Its a buzz when you complete your first chair and it turns out so well.

Have you any pics of it in progress?

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I was a little bit aprehensive about building a chair as I've read many times that it may be one of the hardest things to do, that's why I only made one to start with. Once I nail my design I'm going to make 8 of them for my poker table.

I didn't take any pics but will do when I make the next one. Especially on the rounded backs, which came out very well and the upholstering which doesn't get much coverage on the internet. Although it is new to me I'd like to think I may be able to help someone else.

Beautiful work!!

Very nice!

Great job, even more so since it is your first. The colour of your seat is an excellent choice. And I would like to see more WIP's in the upholstory section.

Donna

A great piece of furniture.. well done
Did you use hand tools ?
les

Originally Posted by les88

A great piece of furniture.. well done
Did you use hand tools ?
les

I don't have a thicknesser and jointer so I couldn't do that my self. DJ'sTimber kindly showed me how to do it and dressed some timber for me. After that I did need to dress some more timber so I went to Get Woodworking in Williamstown. Roy has a nice workshop with good equipment and you can use it for $20 an hour. This is a great service.

Other tools I used were band saw, hand planes, shooting board, Rocker's mortising jig, router.

Arch,

That chair is great; and it was gratifying to hear that you used my jig to make it. I think in fact that the jig's ability to cut mortices accurately brings chairmaking into the ambit of competence of even a fairly inexperienced woodworker. Now that you have completed one, it will not be nearly so hard to make the other seven

Rocker

Originally Posted by Rocker

Arch,

That chair is great; and it was gratifying to hear that you used my jig to make it. I think in fact that the jig's ability to cut mortices accurately brings chairmaking into the ambit of competence of even a fairly inexperienced woodworker. Now that you have completed one, it will not be nearly so hard to make the other seven

Rocker

Rocker, your jig is a valuable piece of equipment. I started out using the Beadlock system for my joins. It isn't bad but I had a hard time getting quick accurate joins. Half way through I changed to using your jig. It made things so much easier, quicker and more accurate, especially the thin slats on the back and sides.

Thank you for sharing your design with us.

Brian