My wife wants 4 new dining room chairs. I don't normally use plans, but have never made a chair before, so I think it might be a good idea.
She wants something like:
Could you take
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
My wife wants 4 new dining room chairs. I don't normally use plans, but have never made a chair before, so I think it might be a good idea.
She wants something like:
Could you take
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
I suggest you get Jeff Miller's book on chairs (Taunton Press). He will spell it out for you. There is not a chair in the book like the one your wife likes, but the one she likes would be easy to build. Woodwork magazines 90 and 91 have a Paul Sellers article for building a Craftsman Rocker. I have built that chair and it would be easy to convert to the shair you want.
How about this one:
Peter
The book is called "Chairmaking & Design". I've never built a chair, but I have read the book and it seemed very good. I read it from the library and then tried to buy a copy and found it very difficult to find because it is out of print from Taunton. You have 3 options:
Mark
A library about 15 miles away has that book, so I will stop over tomorrow. Interestingly, they also have the only other chair design book in the area.
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And don't look past ordering the two back issues of Woodwork magazine. Paul takes you step by step thru making the chair. Just leave the rockers off, re-shape the arms, adjust the leg heights and you'll have an arm chair.
Toller wrote:
Sure - you could definitely just make longer front legs and add arms. I'm working on a rocking chair right now in a very similar style, with arms coming back off the straight front legs. I got a plan from "American Furniture Design" for Christmas last year, and it was a good place to start for measurements, but the plan itself was pretty poor. One other book to consider is "In the Craftsman Style" (FWW): At amazon:
This any good?
I used the Woodsmith plans you noted and modified them for an arm chair. If you deside to do the same, going for the Stickley design your wife wants, I would recommend that you widen the design. I flared the arms out at the seat but that would not suit the look you are seeking.
Good luck
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