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Looks sharp, nice job on the photo journal cushions with the 2 buttons and the way that the cusion is setting has the apperrance of a smile.
Jerry

Well here are a few photos for your viewing they are a little late but better than non at all I am finding out that the maple that I'm working with is extremely brittle and have had to make several...

To all GMC'ers This is what I am leaning to and for the following reasons But if their Is some one out there that has a tried and trued way to stain maple without it blotching I'm all ears I will...

First off, Dave very nice looking chair it a amazes me how many different designs / variations are out there for this chair they all have their own personality as do its craftsman. This staining...

Well I took a close look of what I had as far as fit and finish on the tenons and this is what I came up with, I made them over and the end product is much better, worth the time and effort that I...

Well fellow chair builders life has played it's little trick on me once again but with a LITTLE oh I mean a lot more time we are back on track. Last week I decided to cut all the mortises for the...

Set the iron at 25 degrees and went through the paces and it is now read the newspaper sharp, just wish that I had a shoulder plane to go with the mix working on tenons and it sure would be handy...

Well I haven't been to the woodcraft in the Twin Cities MN so I thought I would take a little drive 90 miles from my home, Saint Cloud. Was in the store looking for a mortising chisel when I hear...

I am in the process of making the shoe of the plane smooth right now their are still some of the original grinding marks from when it was new have most of the marks out but that is not the question....

Well I broke out the chisel today and made a little progress on the mortises that are for the upper and lower rails I know one thing for sure I am not the fastest at this But I learned a lot in the...

Whew, on the first shot. One thing that I didn't think of and that is whether or not you put a shoulder on the splats, I would lean in the direction of not putting them on at least not until they...

Rick I have steamed before mostly for bending limbs for T/D re curves and on wooden boats. This may be a little different but the same all in the same stroke. Here is my thought on your back the two...

Wow on two fronts that you have made more than one style and personally I think that is the way to go, it expands the knowledge base that one has and at times let's one be free to take the five step...

Looks as things are moving in the right direction. On the tenons did you make them round so that you could then use a drill bit or did you put in true mortises. And what might be the next part of the...

Hello to all GMC'ers Was laying in bed last night couldn't fall asleep and my mind kept wondering back to the chair where I am on it what needs to be done next as such, when I had this little idea....

One other little trick go th e the cupboard and get out the parafin cannning wax> when the machine is turned on make a plunge into the wax go real slow so that it melts on both the bit and auger...

Hello to the Creek, well my hopes were up as I went out and bought new mortising chiseles for the unit at the school where I take a class each week my spirits were dashed when I went to put the...

I have a question to all that have built this chair or have an opinion about the way that the seat is designed in the plans from wood mag. They show it being made with the seat as a separate part...

Today brings a little shop clean up made a lot of sawdust last night and I am in this new let's keep it clean mode. Need to check if my chisels for the mortiser are in yet otherwise I will do them...

Hi to the Creeck took a little time today and made this nifty little jig works quite nicely Made one modification to it the piece of maple that would normally hold the clamp in place is not glued in...

Here are a couple of photos of the mallet that I hope will lend a hand in the mortises. Had fun making it it isn't square the sides are cut at an angle of three deg. and the hole where the removable...

Yes it does look like cherry but, it is Hard Rock Maple HRM. I ended up getting it out of a pallet shop not to far from where I live, neighbor down the street owned the shop and sold it a few years...

Keith I am realitively new here so it is nice to see that the project continues to grow. Looks like the wood that you have is going to have some nice color and grain to it one never knows exactly...

Hello to the Creek well it was one of those days when you spend a lot of time in the shop and when you are done for the day it looks as if you haven't got anywhere when in reallity much was done Cut...

Figured out that you need to downsize the photos to upload them, used paint to to it. If anyone has an easier way I'm all for it otherwise this works it's just slow. Probablly not the best photo of...