Mission Chair Reproduction 2013

Agreed to take this one on today, it should be fun:

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Swingman
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Nice looking chair. SWMBO and I love the Mission/Arts&Crafts/Stickley style (at least this year).

Please keep us in the loop as you proceed.

Is that your music stand next to the "model?" Very neat. Looks like somebody is/knows a welder/smithie with some talent.

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Unquestionably Confused

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Will do ... I'm looking forward to reproducing this chair. That curved back is a challenge.

Linda has two of those .. I think they may have been a gift from a fan somewhere in the distant past. She and our daughter have a concert this weekend, so brought that thing into _my_ office Sunday so I could help them with the chords to Alison Krauss's acapella version of "Down to The River To Pray".

Songwriter, singer, or not, want to know the chords to a song? Just ask the closest bass player. :)

It will probably be in my way for months now ...

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Swingman

I always love to see your work. Since I have seen your work in person, my mind fills in the tight joints, the solid construction, and the well thought out details in the projects you turn out that pictures can't show. Sadly, (and no idea of how to fix this...) your pictures, probably no one's, could do some of your work justice.

But the next thing that impresses me is that you take the time to document your work, explain it, and provide drawings and sketches to assist in understanding your designs and methods. I don't know if very many understand much time and effort that takes, but I sure do.

So thanks for your work and thanks for sharing it. I look forward to the build process on this newest contract.

Robert

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nailshooter41

Sounds like the perfect excuse to get into steam bending. :-)

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-MIKE-

Thanks, Robert ... damn! :)

Actually, if the truth were told, I found out early on that time spent in detailed planning makes up, somewhat, for a lack of talent.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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Swingman

The original is a factory made (rather poorly, IMO) furniture store chair of approximately ten years of age, and the curved back legs are most definitely cut out of a wider board.

On careful inspection, 5/4 red oak stock, 7 1/4" in width x 40" in length, will accommodate this method for that curve as long as the grain is carefully chosen.

Here's how that may play out:

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A plus is that at least the front, and back, legs for each side of the proposed chairs can be laminated to the required 2" width at the top, from the curved cutoffs of that same stock/process.

Down payment in hand and finished my CutList this morning, so will be shopping for suitable stock this afternoon and tomorrow.

I'm going to do one prototype (but useable?) leg as a router template, in any case, so I'll have a better feel for methodology at that point.

And yes, I'm working in my office ... so I can enter everything in Sketchup as it works out. ;)

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Swingman

fills in ....... the well thought out details

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Heck, Robert. He's already got the curve of the back leg going the wrong way.... unless it's being made for someone that'll be facing to the left.

Sonny

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Sonny

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way.... unless it's being made for someone that'll be facing to the left.

As soon as I can find my way back to the shop from 610 Loop, I'll take that under advisement. ;)

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Swingman

Swingman wrote in news:WpCdndFvi4MS9rvMnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

I thought that was for hurricane evacuations, not snow storms. *g*

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

Been driving for a looong time. :)

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Swingman

"Swingman" wrote

Working in your office, eh? Doesn't the missus get upset with al the noise and sawdust? ;-)

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Lee Michaels

Swingman wrote in news:LoednWNkbsVzxbvMnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

I miss Robatoy's comments ...

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Han

That makes bofus ... although we never actually met in person, I sure enjoyed knowing Rob. Odd how the world turns sometimes ...

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Swingman

Swingman wrote in news:CfKdnfOZQ5UMQLXMnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Same here ...

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Han

Yeah. This newsgroup is the worse for it.

Reply to
Dave

The WORLD is the worse for it, glad I have a piece of his work in my house, brings a little pleasure every day.

Reply to
FrozenNorth

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:12:06 -0500, FrozenNorth

Really? What do you have? In the last several years past, I sought to get together with him on one of his visits to Toronto, but it just never happened.

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Dave

Simple shelf over the stove, left over cut offs from counter tops, CNC work, he planned on delivering it, or getting close, time in hindsight wasn't on his side. He shipped it to me on his dime, very generous man.

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FrozenNorth

Definitely we lost a lot not having his posts. This was a man that understood the passion of life.

Mike M

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Mike M

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