the next 8

ok, next up .. 8 more ladderbacks, this time with leather seats and not corded like the last 12 ..

trevor chris and tyler are whipping these into shape while the previous 12 are in the 

finishing process.  the table that goes with them is coming along too .. 

below are a few more shots.  click the pictures to enlarge them ..

parts and pieces ... lots of them ..

three sets of metal legs in the shop at once!  doesn't happen like that often ...
2k per set before we start to drill tap and polish .. but nice when they are done!

                               is there such a thing as a cnc square chisel mortiser?  there should be ..

 ready for stretchers ...

 picking and choosing the boards for the top

glued up .. bottom side showing here

the chairs will be like this one when they are finished

12 chairs

so, we're making some chairs ... 20 of them to be exact, for two different clients.  

12 with the danish cord seats, and 8 like the ones with the leather seats below ...

first up are the corded seats ..

trevor cuts most of these parts, including the shaped rear legs and 

the mortises for the rails and horizontals on the cnc ... and he has a couple of
specialized jigs for cutting the tenons on the ends of both the
curved pieces and the straight rails.

ditto on the front legs and rails ...

and then you've got your 'most expensive nails in the world',

or at least, close to it ... there are about 170 some per chair .. they come from denmark and there are over 400 bucks worth in these twelve chairs.

in the past, our seat weaver, sandy sherman chair caning in brookline,

vermont has added the nails after we delivered the chairs to her for cording.

we always predrilled the holes for  her with the cnc, and this time i 

had the bright idea of adding the nails before the chairs were glued up ... 

duh ... much easier this way then nailing them into a finished chair ... 

sandy appreciates that for sure ...

so, here they are ready to be glued up ...

 

which happens in a number of stages.  front legs and rails ..

rear legs, rails, and slats ... and finally front leg assemblies to back legs ...

they'll look like the ones below when they are finished ..

good to go below .. waiting for finish ...

and next up .. below  are all the parts but the back legs, roughed out
for the next 8, which will have leather seats.

FInishing Up the Big Table

I don't have time to write a long post, but I did promise a potential client I would put up some photos of the table we've been working on ... Also, we picked up the chairs Monday and they are pretty sharp too ... It's our first experience with 'Danish Cord' seats. Nice job by Sandy Sherman Chair Caning of Brookline, Vermont.
This is the second coat of gloss finish .. the final satin coat will go on probably today
The eight side chairs
Close up ... all for now