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Now for the Chairs

Nice to see a compass plane in action. Walnut is lovely stuff to work with.
 
Yes to both. The compass plane has earned its keep this morning. I am not sure what I would have done without it. It will but put to work on the crest rails soon
Walnut is wonderful but occasionally the grain goes wild and tests how well you sharpened the edges.
 
Here is the Back of the back splat ready for cutting tenons and then shaping:
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I did the final fit of the back splats today. It gets interesting making sure four sets of mortise and tenon fit and the shoe is the correct fit.
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Also just for fun I tested the reversibility of hide glue. I had a full mortise and tenon joint that I glued up about a month ago. I wet the joint with very hot water (waited) five minutes then it came apart. Well actually I am not good at waiting so tried to force it. That made no difference. It came apart when sufficient moisture got to all the glue. So I learnt just do as they say wet the joint and wait five minutes no need for a big mallet.
 
PAC1 said:
I made the pattern for the back splats so tomorrow I will be shaping back splats.
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As ever, I'm watching with interest. Even if you use an electric router for most of that, I'm expecting a good deal of chiselling and carving for all the nice tight corners and pretty bits. :)
 
AndyT said:
As ever, I'm watching with interest. Even if you use an electric router for most of that, I'm expecting a good deal of chiselling and carving for all the nice tight corners and pretty bits. :)
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Andy. I can assure you no router will be involved. However a scroll saw will do most of the cutting. It will then be chisels, rasps and spokeshaves. I did try to get one of my thinnest chisels into the tip of one of the shapes. It was stuck well short of the end.
 
PAC1 said:
Andy. I can assure you no router will be involved. However a scroll saw will do most of the cutting. It will then be chisels, rasps and spokeshaves. I did try to get one of my thinnest chisels into the tip of one of the shapes. It was stuck well short of the end.
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That does sound much pleasanter!
Maybe some sort of a thin knife would work on the very sharp-ended cutouts?
 
Slow start this morning. I broke my 30 year old dust extractor. So had to repair that before I could start.
 
Not easy to saw work as thick and as large as that , you've done a a very good job. Did you use a reverse tooth blade? It helps the tear out on the table side.
 
AndyP said:
Not easy to saw work as thick and as large as that , you've done a a very good job. Did you use a reverse tooth blade? It helps the tear out on the table side.
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I am using modified geometry blades. They are excellent. Not only are the splats thick but the curved. The combination makes it hard work. But the blades are up to the task.
 
Wow!
I guess doing them all in one long session is a great way to get consistency.
 
AndyT said:
Wow!
I guess doing them all in one long session is a great way to get consistency.
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Thats the idea but my eyes were done after cutting all six. The stats also supported stopping. I used 1blade on the first five and three on the last.
You will like the next step. All hand tools. Cleaning them up and carving the detail.
 
I have still got a lot of sanding to do on the first one as well as finessing the carvings. And then another 5 to do.
 
It's fascinating to see the plain, flat pieces of wood transforming into an elaborately shaped object. But don't feel you have to rush - we'll wait for as long as it takes!
 
AndyT said:
It's fascinating to see the plain, flat pieces of wood transforming into an elaborately shaped object. But don't feel you have to rush - we'll wait for as long as it takes!
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I want to get them finished for dinner time.
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On Christmas Day.
Thats my programme.
That still looks a tall order for me.
 
You've got a lot of work, but it's looking very nice.
 
AndyT said:
It's fascinating to see the plain, flat pieces of wood transforming into an elaborately shaped object. But don't feel you have to rush - we'll wait for as long as it takes!
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Btw, when I said "plain" I didn't mean to detract from the lovely grain pattern, which really suits the carved shapes.
 
AndyT said:
Btw, when I said "plain" I didn't mean to detract from the lovely grain pattern, which really suits the carved shapes.
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I got your meaning. Actually, sawn ABW I call scaffold planks. When you buy it, you really do wonder what you are buying. So “plain” is in my view a polite statement for its original sawn state.
 
I finished carving the splats this morning. During the week I have been thinking about sanding them and how much I hate hand sanding. Then I discovered that Pegas make sand paper for the scroll saw. It ain’t cheap but gets in all the small frets. So I have tried it out. IMG_3141.jpegIMG_3142.jpeg
 
Not bad but it needs to go through a couple more grits. It is going to be slow as that was just one.
 
I finished carving and sanding the splats and so the next step is the crest rail. However I needed to settle on a design for the shell on the crest rail. I designed this:
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Whilst it needs tidying up, it works so I can start cutting crest rails.
 
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