Chair

[Kepis]

Ash chair that i made before i became ill.

DSCN0467a by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

All of the components where made by hand from larger Ash logs & poles, cleaved initially then rounded with a draw knife and then a rounding plane, tenons were cut with a Veritas tenon cutter, the seat is upholstered in jute webbing and has an upholstery foam core, the back of the chair utilises the natural curve of the timber.

It's still going strong to this day, albeit as a stool as the back was a little too upright to be comfortable, so i cut it down and made it into a stool.

 

[Mesquite]

Very impressive Mark.

Are the joints pinned and glued or just glued?

 

[Kepis]

Very impressive Mark.

Are the joints pinned and glued or just glued?

Just glued Steve.

 

[crosslandkelly]

That is very nice.

 

[forginhill]

Excellent!

 

[Madriverrob]

Another great piece ......

 

[Janne]

I think it is truly beautiful. I hope you get better so you can make some more!

it is a very elegant construction.

 

[Muddypaws]

A very handsome piece of furniture! I would be happy to have something like that in my own home.
Much better than some of the mass produced tat that masquerades as modern furniture!

 

[SiWhite]

Lovely - good work!

 

[Kepis]

Cheers all

 

[Robson Valley]

Very clean piece of design work. Well crafted.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Where did you get your tennoner?

 

[Kepis]

Where did you get your tennoner?

Matthew @ Woodland Craft Supplies

http://www.woodlandcraftsupplies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_11

 

[Robson Valley]

Did you paint the jute or find some which came that color?
Care to tell us your choice of glue?

Veritas manufactured tennon cutters, I see. Reliable and always of predictable quality.
I do love that chair, the way the tennons come through. Not blind. Nice touch.

I use a variety of Veritas measuring instruments in carving.

 

[Kepis]

Did you paint the jute or find some which came that color?
Care to tell us your choice of glue?

Veritas manufactured tennon cutters, I see. Reliable and always of predictable quality.
I do love that chair, the way the tennons come through. Not blind. Nice touch.

I use a variety of Veritas measuring instruments in carving.

Its just natural upholstery jute from Amazon, no paint or anything like that, just as it came off the roll, glue was Evostick waterproof wood glue.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Matthew @ Woodland Craft Supplies

http://www.woodlandcraftsupplies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_11

Great, thanks for that.

 

[petrochemicals]

Very nice.

If you dont already know, apparently theres an entire art to just to the making of ash chairs. I went to a shop in Bishops castle where the bloke there (retired sparky) took to making a living from green wood ash chairs. Apparently he says you quater your wood, make them green and the warpage in drying holds the chair together.

 

[Kepis]

Very nice.

If you dont already know, apparently theres an entire art to just to the making of ash chairs. I went to a shop in Bishops castle where the bloke there (retired sparky) took to making a living from green wood ash chairs. Apparently he says you quater your wood, make them green and the warpage in drying holds the chair together.

Cheers mate.

I use that method all the time, if you get it right you dont need any glue, nails or blind wedges, i use well seasoned stretchers but green wood legs, as the wood dries it shrinks around the tenon gripping it ever tighter, if it's right you cannot pull the joint apart.

Its the method i used to make these stools, the stretchers are well seasoned hazel, the legs on the left hand one and the top one are Ash, the one on the right uses Hazel, Ash has a very low moisture content so the joints tightened up quite quickly, the hazel one took a lot longer to dry because of the greater moisture content in the wood, still gave a good solid joint when it all dried out though.

DSCN5905A by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

 

[Hunkyfunkster]

That's clever

 

[Robson Valley]

A week with Kepis to learn enough to try to build a chair would be time well wasted.