Three More Dining Chairs Complete

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a project. That’s because I’ve spent the last three months making three more dining chairs (I completed the first one in October 2015). These definitely get easier as you make more of them, but they are still challenging and take a long time. Not all of my side rail joints are perfectly seated – I would love to see how Paul goes about correcting a situation like that. His joints always seem to fit perfectly without needing to be tweaked.

I altered the design of the back slats for two of the chairs by making them slightly “S” shaped. Otherwise, they are straight from Paul’s design. I used upholstery fabric that my wife picked out for the seats and that turned out great.

I’ve started blogging about my projects to record progress and help me remember things. I have a lot of build details and progress photos for those of you who are interested at http://tinyshopww.blogspot.com/.

These chairs are from rough sawn “vertical grain” kiln dried Douglas fir. The wood was fairly well behaved, though it has a tendency to fracture at corners where the grain rises to the surface. Finished with three coats of shellac and one coat of paste wax.