I am doing a study of the Stickley MacIntosh dining side chair to see how one might be made in my shop. Using Sketchup and studying the photos in their online catalog, and starting with the L x W x H size spec, I tried modeling the frame. See the images here.
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The sizes and members need to be edited a little here and there. I know I have the back slats a little too thick, maybe a little too broad. I can fiddle with that later. The photos evidence what I mean.
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I have never made a chair. I can take a crack at modeling the geometry of one and guess at its joinery, but having no experience building any, I am here for guidance.
First question. Can one accomplish all the joints with Festool dominos?
Big question. How does one support the drop-in seat? See the pic here for what I mean by the drop in seat.
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This one is an arm chair, but you can see what I mean. The upholstered seat is framed and the frame with its upholstery is set inside the seat frame of legs and rails.
I am guessing that the front legs need to have a notch sort of what I did in the 3D model.
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Here I backed the camera away so you can see how I doodled corner angle braces into each. Do they look OK, size-wise? No dominos here. I figure glue and screws.
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Searching around for something on seat upholstery, I found a pretty good article and snipped this pic of a seat frame after it gets webbing fixed to its top side. I am guessing that is what the Stickley chair has.
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So my next question is this. Should my chair frame have additional blocks screwed to along the inside of the rails to support the drop-in seat, or will the corner brackets support things?