A few updates
 

5 pics, scroll right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Progress on the cypress chairs: Shouldn't be too long before I'm ready to start gluing things together..... on 4 chairs only. I haven't been working on the 5th chair. I still need to make 2 sets of arms for the captain's chairs.

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Picked up two 7" Wilton vises at a garage sale, $5 for the pair. A bit rusty, but functional. I had them sand blasted - $20. They'll go to a nephew (budding woodworker?).

Haven't been in the shop too much, lately. Been watching the Bruins, Celtics and Pelicans.

Sonny

A few updates
 

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 11:13:04 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
5 pics, scroll right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Progress on the cypress chairs: Shouldn't be too long before I'm ready to start gluing things together..... on 4 chairs only. I haven't been working on the 5th chair. I still need to make 2 sets of arms for the captain's chairs.


Very nice!

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Pic?


Picked up two 7" Wilton vises at a garage sale, $5 for the pair. A bit rusty, but functional. I had them sand blasted - $20. They'll go to a nephew (budding woodworker?).

Haven't been in the shop too much, lately. Been watching the Bruins, Celtics and Pelicans.


We all have our priorities. ;-)

Go Knights!

A few updates
 

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 6:14:04 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Pic?


Dutchman install is shown in the first pic on the link.

A few updates
 

On 5/8/2018 10:13 PM, Sonny wrote:
5 pics, scroll right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Progress on the cypress chairs: Shouldn't be too long before I'm ready to start gluing things together..... on 4 chairs only. I haven't been working on the 5th chair. I still need to make 2 sets of arms for the captain's chairs.

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Picked up two 7" Wilton vises at a garage sale, $5 for the pair. A bit rusty, but functional. I had them sand blasted - $20. They'll go to a nephew (budding woodworker?).

Haven't been in the shop too much, lately. Been watching the Bruins, Celtics and Pelicans.

Sonny

Very cool, should last forever.

A few updates
 

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 11:13:04 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
5 pics, scroll right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Progress on the cypress chairs: Shouldn't be too long before I'm ready to start gluing things together..... on 4 chairs only. I haven't been working on the 5th chair. I still need to make 2 sets of arms for the captain's chairs.

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Picked up two 7" Wilton vises at a garage sale, $5 for the pair. A bit rusty, but functional. I had them sand blasted - $20. They'll go to a nephew (budding woodworker?).

Haven't been in the shop too much, lately. Been watching the Bruins, Celtics and Pelicans.

Sonny

Wow Sonny These Chairs are very robust & rugged in design Nice work
rick B.

A few updates
 

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 9:25:06 AM UTC-5, Rick the antique guy wrote:


Wow Sonny These Chairs are very robust & rugged in design Nice work
rick B.

Thanks, and to everyone else. Yeah, it's robust because cypress is relatively weak, for this sort of construction. Each chair piece is hand carved/shaped.

They will go with this cypress table and bench. The table/bench projects are not hand tool worked, as the chairs have been.

Scroll right for a few more pics.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Scroll right for a few more pics.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Sonny

A few updates
 

On Tue, 8 May 2018 20:13:01 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
wrote:

5 pics, scroll right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

Progress on the cypress chairs: Shouldn't be too long before I'm ready to start gluing things together..... on 4 chairs only. I haven't been working on the 5th chair. I still need to make 2 sets of arms for the captain's chairs.

Knowing the weakness of cypress, i.e., generally not the best wood for chairs, I don't trust the seat stability (splitting down the middle), so I installed a 17"L X 3"W X 1/2"D dutchman on each bottom-side of the seats.

Picked up two 7" Wilton vises at a garage sale, $5 for the pair. A bit rusty, but functional. I had them sand blasted - $20. They'll go to a nephew (budding woodworker?).

Haven't been in the shop too much, lately. Been watching the Bruins, Celtics and Pelicans.

Sonny

Great find on the vises, it looked like a totally good deal.

Great to see the progress on the chairs.