conoid chair #4

The staves for the seats have been cut out, the crest rail sits across the back and the slots have been rough cut for the 2 legs (not showing- under the crest rail).  You can see how ripping these pieces at 3 degrees begins to form the shape of the seat.

crowded room

Getting ready for the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton in October.  

conoid chair #3

So, I started making the seats for the 2 chairs today.  The drawing above was made for a presentation about my chairs to the woodworker's guild.  The 19" x 4" staves for the seat are cut at a 3 degree angle (red lines on 2nd drawing)That starts to form a curve.  I then cut slots for 10mm. domino tenons (2 each joint), and bandsaw the center stave to the profile in the bottom drawing.  I then trace this cut line on the next 2 outer staves and cut to this line with the bandsaw ( holding the pieces at a slight angle) and this roughs out the seat bottom.  Then I make the leg cutout on the outside staves, including routing the angled shoulders with special 3 degree angle cutters.  I'll try to keep everyone updated.