I never made a chair before either - and never thought I would, but I
did a copy of a shaker ladder back, and then I did a set of 4 more
with what I learned from that one.

The set of 4 are better than the first one, which actually wasn't bad.
I wove the seats and they are very comfortable, and fit many
a butt shape, as they are self adjusting.

I like them so much I am going to make more.
Take a chance - you will learn something. Then you can return the ones
you bought. You just need a push - get on it dude.


On 7 Jul 2006 15:58:53 -0700, "RicodJour"
wrote:

Stoutman wrote:
I paid for some!! I promised myself I would buy NO more furniture. But I
can't make chairs man! Or is it I'm scared? I'm afraid of the dishing out
the seat part and keeping it consistent from chair to chair.

You think your average person's cheeks are symmetrical? They're not.
Go ahead, measure. I suggest you measure good-natured people you
already know - or wear a helmet and a cup.

As far as shaping the chair seats, that can be done with a couple or
three router templates to rough them out. If you don't go nuts with
the fine-tuning, they'll look and feel identical.

R