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Ep 4: Chamfering the back posts

Dan lays out the iconic chamfers to the Queen Anne chair and then cuts them using little more than a chisel.

By Dan Faia Aug 23, 2023

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Videos in the Series

Ep 1: Starting with the back posts
August 9, 2023

In the first episode of this Queen Anne side chair build series, Dan Faia starts working on the back posts—starting with accurate layout, moving on to the bandsaw, and fairing with hand tools.
Ep 2: Laying out back post joinery
August 9, 2023

With the shaping done, Dan lays out the complex joinery on the back posts.
Ep 3: Mortising and tapering the back posts
August 16, 2023

In this episode, Dan mortises the back posts at the hollow chisel mortiser and discusses the subtleties of the tapers before cutting them on the bandsaw and cleaning them up with hand tools.
Ep 4: Chamfering the back posts
August 23, 2023

Dan lays out the iconic chamfers to the Queen Anne chair and then cuts them using little more than a chisel.
Ep 5: Adding molding to the back seat rail
August 30, 2023

In this episode, Dan creates the shoe molding for the Queen Anne chair using a jack plane and a vintage molding plane.
Ep 6: Gluing up the back “H”
September 6, 2023

In this episode Dan meticulously tackles the first glue-up of a project that will include more than a few.
Ep 7a: Sawing the crest rail tenons
September 13, 2023

The crest rail joinery needs to be perfect since the bulk of the material will eventually be sculpted away. Thankfully, Dan Faia has a way.
Ep 7b: Fitting the angled crest rail tenons
September 13, 2023

In this episode, Dan finishes the joinery and fits the crest rail on the back of the chair.
Ep 8: Making the back splat
September 20, 2023

Dan uses a clever trick to identify where in space the joinery should be on this complex piece.

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With its graceful curves, cabriole legs, and ornamental back splat, a Queen Anne side chair is a bucket list build for many woodworkers. Dan Faia had a very specific Queen Anne side chair on his bucket list. He wanted to replicate a chair that Phil Lowe built in the 1980s and featured on the cover of a Fine Woodworking VHS, a chair that sat in the corner of his mentor's office for decades and that… More about this Video Workshop

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