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   scooter1 | Dec 03, 2008 04:56am | #1

   Nice set--I like it a lot.  I like Frank Lloyd Wright stuff--very pretty. 

   Were the curved rails steam bent or template routed or bandsawn?

   The rectangular chair must have made it easier for joinery as opposed to a trapazoidal design? 

   Did you design this yourself or use a plan?

    

   Regards, Scooter "I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow." WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
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   roqqytop | Dec 03, 2008 05:32am | #3

   the curved rails were template routed - I dont have a bandsaw yet.
   I did these pieces first figuring they would be the most difficult with no bandsaw. It turned out this wasnt the case.
   I found the most difficult was getting exact cheek cuts on the angled tenons.Funny you mention the legs.
   They are not rectangular, but 1 3/4 closer in the back than front.
   In the 'linked' article, the author states that the leg offset SCALED out to 4 degrees - so my prototype I cut at 4 degrees. The joints where not very good at all so I DID the MATH.
   Author not so sharp - the leg offset is 3.52 degrees which all the tenons had to be.I modified the linked plan to get balance for a 24" high chair.
   The legs sit on the same dimensions: 19.75 s-s front & 18 s-s back & 17 f-b. Chair is 53" tall.38 mortise & tenons per chair
   my left index finger & thumb still dont have 100% feeling back in the tips I meant to thank Mike Hennesey & (I forget the other fellow that sent me a link to a chair plan) in my pictured post. So I will HERE.
   Thxs to both of you. Needed only 1 prototype.

   Edited 12/2/2008 9:41 pm ET by roqqytop

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   MikeHennessy | Dec 03, 2008 03:39pm | #4

   Nice work. But even more impressive is the fact that you got 8 chairs done, finished & upholstered in about a month! You must have more spare time than I do! ;-)

   I'm glad you posted these -- I was wondering how those chairs were coming.

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   roqqytop | Dec 04, 2008 04:38am | #5

   thks Mike, but not spare time.
   More like 8-10 hours for something like 11 straight days.Already started on the next project - a foyer lite that will replace the BULB pigtailed to the 12-2 thats been hanging there for the last ........................16 years. Been pacing myself!
   No plan, but I do have a 54" wheel rim glued up though.

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   oldusty | Dec 03, 2008 04:56am | #2

         rt ,

                That is a fine set of chairs and table , to be proud of for sure .

                    great work   thanks for sharing

                                     regards  dusty