On 2/21/2013 11:13 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/21/13 10:48 AM, Swingman wrote:
That curved back is a challenge.

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

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:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...58668 3880274


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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