OK, bad reference. There was a great article with shop drawings in
American Woodworker Aug\Sep this year. Theire website wasn't much help
but it does have some bonus pages from the article that show how to do
a version with arms. Can't find the article online though.

http://americanwoodworker.com/blogs/...arm-chair.aspx



On Jan 6, 11:21*am, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
There was an article in Wood magazine about 6 months ago (maybe a
little more) that had a great step by step on building a Stickley
style chair. It answered all your questions. This guy used loose
tenons so you could easily do it with a router. Also showed how to
build the mortising jig.

I take issue with loose tenons in chairs unless you pin both side but
that is a different discussion.

The issue has the picture of a craved fan type detail on the front.
The fan is having a glaze applied with a brush and the main article is
about finishing techniques. I just read through this last night. I'll
post the issue date tonight if no one else chimes in before then ...
hint

I think it would really help you he shows how to band saw the back
upper, etc.

On Jan 6, 8:41*am, " wrote:



Over the holidays I went to a friend's house for dinner who had some
dining chairs quite similar to these, albeit a little different (did
not have the vertical "slats" between the lower part of the legs, and
the legs rotated / splayed out from top to bottom):

http://bit.ly/7Zqmx7

Anyway, I'd been looking to either buy or make new dining chairs for a
while but hadn't liked any I'd seen or sat in until these. *Of course
the place where they bought these is no longer in business, so I can't
buy them, but I am interested in making some like them if possible.

Questions:
The rear legs have a curve to them of about 3.5". * What is the
preferred / strongest way to make these? *Just get a big ole thick
slab (or glue up) and cut the curved piece out of it? *Or is this
something to be done with a steambox (which I don't have and never
tried)?

The rails across the back between the 2 rear legs are also curved.
Also the vertical slats between the rails are curved. *Same question -
can I "get away" with taking a thick piece (or glued up pieces) to
make this curve, or does it require steam bending?

The chair I saw was actually made with what looked like table hardware
underneath the seat. *Those corner bracket things diagonally across
the aprons, but with wood instead of metal. *Is this an ok way of
doing it?

I took several pictures of the chair, but don't have the SD card
handy, and will post them if needed.

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