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Man, where was I? Making the stretchers for my chairs over again I think?
I had a pretty productive week then I guess. Made the stretchers to the proper length this time. Doing the tenons at an angle was new for me. Starts off the same as any others, but then I had to hand cut the last bits. Fit perfect in the final product this time. The final parts I had to make were the seat bottoms. I got the template done and then routed out the panels I'd glue up last month to shape. Looks fantastic in place. Unfortunately the panels weren't wide enough to give the seats the kind of flourish I would have liked, but they do taper slightly towards the back and round slightly around the front legs.
I decided to tempt fate some, and give the chairs a bit more of a backwards tilt, just 3/4" off the back legs. Adds roughly 2.5 degrees to the tilt of the chair and IMHO made it way more comfortable. I wish this had been built into my template, but I wasn't using CAD software or anything, so I had to figure it out after I had a physical object in my hands. Sadly the best way to cut them was by hand because they were curved and I didn't have a good reference plane to throw it on my tablesaw or miter saw. Also I felt like it would go wrong slower with a handsaw. I think I cut them mostly even. Nothing the felt pads I'm putting on the bottom, or a hand plane and a shooting board worst case, can't fix.
I'm in the end stages of this project. Some light edge profiling, filling in knots and voids with sawdust and glue, sanding, finishing and then final assembly. Probably still going to take me a few more weeks to get through all that. I've decided to finish the parts separately and then assemble them. I don't think having a little shellac around the mortises will weaken them too badly. After all the slot and the tenon are doing most of the work, not the end grain of the shoulder being glued to the work piece. Plus I've just had better luck get a consistent finish when I do smaller parts without inside corners, and then assemble it
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