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SIDE CHAIR x DINING CHAIR xx CHAIR Oak armchair features a deeply-sculpted contoured wooden seat and back splats which conform to the shape of the human body. The seat-to-leg joint is a wrap-around dado joint. Rustic, split-grain side chair to make with hand tools. General guidelines for selecting a log, making chair parts from green wood, joinery and assembly. Photo shows how to make a classic oak side chair from oak-veneered plywood with suede vinyl covers for the seat and back cushions. Est. cost: $38. How to build a dining room full of furniture from 3 sheets of plywood. Pieces include shelves, a platform sofa, a table and four seating units. Pieces are slotted for slip-together assembly. Pennsylvania Dutch side chair built from pine. Solid back is topped with a circular cutout. Est. cost: $12. Contemporary desk or side chair. Padded, canvas-covered seat and back cushion has hardboard insert. Est. cost: $18. Scandinavian side chair. Shaped back and front legs. Back goes all the way to the floor to make back legs. All joints are doweled. Est. cost: $18. Sitting well. How to select dining chairs for comfort, compatibility and durability. From tree to chair. Back-to-basics furniture building. Make a simple four-leg chair with a sisal rope seat starting with a small ash tree. Build a traditional maple dining chair with a caned seat. Utilizes a lot of mortise and tenon joints and dowels. Est. cost: $30 plus caning ($25). How to refinish and reupholster dining chairs and side chairs. Simple side chair built using Selbermachen dowel system. Shaker chairs with woven-tape seats are made from dowels. Two styles shown (sidechair and counter height). How to finish Chippendale side-chair reproductions made from Honduras mahogany, in order to duplicate the soft luster of the original. Tip shows the proper grain direction and method of attaching the crest rail for a Queen Anne dining chair. An elegant all-wood dining-room chair features a gracefully-curved "A-shaped" leg design and kerf-bent seat. Tips on modifying the pattern for Queen Anne side chairs to convert them to armchairs. Production chairmaking. Jigs and loose tenons simplify angled joinery. The three-slat wooden chair. Correct curves are the key to comfort and durability of this four-legged dining chair with mortise-and-tenon construction. Building a Stickley style (Arts-and-Crafts style) dining chair. Going Gothic. Part 2. Side chairs and arm chairs which feature inverted Gothic-arch styling for the legs and mortise-and-tenon joinery. Designed to accompany the dining table featured in issue #2. Modern side chairs with simple wood frame and with back and seat of vinylite cord. Lightweight side chair features strong joinery. (1) Locking tenons and a hidden dovetail in the crest rail joint. (2) Locking tenons in the chair leg. What makes a chair stand up to abuse? A look at the few critical joints which will keep a dining chair sturdy for decades. Space-saving dinette. Round table has six 3-legged pie-slice shaped chairs that all fit beneath the table. Table top is 42" in diameter. Modern style circular dining table and matching chairs. Table is 48" in diameter. Chairs feature woven seats. Build from birch hardwood. Est. cost: $100. Durable dining chair incorporates lap joints and a truss framework to make it exceptionally sturdy. Standard chair can be modified with the addition of arms and rockers. Est. cost: $2.50 to $8.00, depending on the type of wood used. Build a Chippendale-inspired dining room chair. Decorative back requires scroll-saw work and wood carving. Tastefully appointed mahogany dining chair features a modified cabriole leg and a padded seat. Overall dimensions: 17" wide, 17" deep, 35" high. Build it using only portable power tools and specially designed jigs for repetitive tasks. Complete instructions for a matching dining table and sideboard are also included. Curly maple side chair. Designed to celebrate the 90th anniversary of this magazine, it reflects the Arts-and-Crafts or Mission furniture style of 1902. Contemporary-styled dining table and stackable cube-shaped chairs. Called the "I-Table and I-Cubes". Designed by Ken Isaacs. Dining chair features a wooden seat, four round tapered legs attached to the seat with through mortises and wedges, and 10 long lathe-turned spindles in the back. Southwestern high-back chair features spiral spindles in the back and a sunburst motif in the top rail. German peasant all-wood chair features octagonal tapered legs and a Celtic knot design cut into the back. Solid oak dining chair features padded seat and back. A companion piece to the oak dining table which appeared in Feb. 1986 issue. Mission-style oak dining table and chairs. Part 2. The chairs which feature slat backs and padded seats. A contemporary upright (dining) chair of oak features "flashy" joints in the form of visible through-tenons which are pinned with wedges of contrasting wood. Ladder-back dining chair. Curved back legs and curved slats are cut on the band saw and router table. Legs are joined with mortise and tenon joinery. Seats are plywood covered with foam and fabric. Formal dining chair features curved back legs, matching curved vertical slats, and an upholstered seat. Build a Queen Anne side chair. This original design features typical 18th century features (vase-shaped splat, pad feet, and tall, slender back). Dining chairs in solid oak. Upholstered seats, spindles in the back, and graceful, tapered legs are design features of this traditional dining chair. Dimensions for a robust, straight-back dining-chair (circa 1913) with a gilded cane back and seat. Edwardian excellence. Full instructions for making a dining-chair popular during the reign of Edward VII. Tips on joints used to secure the seat-rails of a high-backed dining chair to the back legs and front legs. Modern dining furniture (table, chair, buffet) in the Italian style for the "do-it-yourselfer". Excerpted from the book "DIY Designer Furniture". The ideas and techniques behind the "TAPA pack" concept of building dining chairs. The same basic chair construction can be adapted to four styles: (1) Fanned back splats and a sculpted wooden seat. (2) Shaped wooden splats and an upholstered seat. (3) Upholstered back and seat. (4) Caned back and seat. Detailed drawings for an 18th-century Hepplewhite upholstered dining chair. Traditional dining chair (back stool) features a wooden frame with square tapered front legs and a drop-in upholstered seat. Dining chair constructed of sycamore using joints reinforced with dowels. The back features a music score as a decorative element. The seat is caned with pre-woven material. Form and function. Designing and constructing dining chairs that appeal in style, comfort and proportion. Design influences include Rietveld, Mackintosh, and Gimson. Chair design. Part 1. Looking for robustness, comfort and elegance when designing a dining chair. Chair design. Part 2. Construction details. Chair design. Part 3. Using a tenoning jig to solve a construction problem involving angled joints. Strong country-style chairs, of an original design, with free-flowing lines and a hoop-shaped back. Requires extensive bending and laminating. Designed to accompany the round dining table featured in November 1991. The Melbourne chair. A wooden side chair assembled from rectangular laminated slats is sculpted into pleasing curves using the Arbortech Woodcarver (a powered carving tool). Simple side chair. An angular chair made from ash features a back and seat joined using two large dovetails. Reproduction of an 18th century chair found in the hall of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. The wooden back features a shallow oval panel with a representation of the Fishmongers' coat of arms and decorative fan carving. Church pew chair features a rack underneath for prayer books, laminated curved slats in the back, upholstered seat, and ash construction. Shaker slat-back side chair with a worsted-tape woven seat. Reproduction of a New Lebanon (NY) chair (circa 1830). A cherry dining-room set. Part 3. Contemporary dining chair with slatted backs and upholstered seats. Arts and Crafts styled dining room chairs. This Gustav Stickley inspired set of chairs include quartersawn oak, housed tenons, pyramid plugs, leather upholstery, and optional arms. Shaker design dining chair features a low slat back and tape-woven seat. A folding dining chair. The hinged seat folds up toward the back and the hinged side rails (with front legs still attached) then fold to the back. Inspired by the land of the Pharaohs. Unusual dining table and chairs. Part 1. Side chairs. Armchair (carver) and side chair to accompany the Sheraton dining table featured in issue 27. Construction involves using a router and radial arm saw. Several jigs are included. Duncan Phyfe side chair (ca. 1810) is replica of original at Detroit Institute of Arts. Will require use of band, scroll or jig saw, a router or shaper and a lathe. Small antique-style side chair with circular caned seat. How to build a Queen Anne chair. Circular back and seat are upholstered in diamond tufts with buttons. A wooden rose crest is carved for the top of the back. Features cabriole legs. How to build dining chairs, part of a complete set of dining room furniture with Sheraton styling. The front legs are tapered and fluted and the chair backs are caned. Chair seats are upholstered. Sideboard and dining table are featured in other articles in this same issue. The magic of Duncan Phyfe. Drawings for constructing a reproduction of a side chair, circa 1810. Based on an original in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Measured drawing for a Queen Anne side chair (circa 1702-1714) which is on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, England). Pattern for a Georgian side chair (circa 1750) is taken from the original in the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, England). Exquisite table, side chair and host chair are in the "style of Hepplewhite." From the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO). Table consists of two separate units, known as "banquet ends". Chippendale style side chair from England (circa 1850). Features graceful cabriole legs and intricate pierced and carved splat. Pine dining set has subtle country charm. 48" diameter table disassembles into 6 pieces for moving. Chairs are assembled from several lathe-turned spindles and feature woven rush seats. Hutch consists of a buffet base featuring 6 legs, 3 drawers, scalloped stretcher, etc. Overall dimensions: 70" long, 13" wide, 37" tall. This is topped by a three shelf open display cabinet for dishes. Overall dimensions: 67" long, 42" tall, 9" deep. A wall-hung mirror in a decorative frame completes the set. Shaker-style dining set. Part 2. Slat-back chairs feature dowel legs and tape-woven seats. Carve a chair. Using a mini angle grinder, equipped with a special Woodcarver blade, to shape the Melbourne slatted side chair. The chair blank consists of a laminated array of wooden rectangles. Dining set. Part 2. Dining chairs that complement the extension dining table. Includes instructions for making templates to speed fabrication of the chairs. | |||||||||
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