[OP]
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Hi all,
Here is my first 18th century reproduction. A corner chair, done in mahogony with a slip seat. It was a very rewarding project, lots of new techniques. This is the chair I posted about a while back with the red dye problems. Anyway, the end result was quite nice, according to my wife at least. Mostly a hand tool project, except the legs, which were done on the lathe.
Comments welcome, thanks for looking.
Eric
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That looks terrific, Eric. There's a lot of complex work in one of those chairs. Congratulations!
Mike
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Very Nice,
I cant wait to make a ball & claw foot myself..
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Beautiful!
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Really nicely done Eric. How about some more pix from different angles and if you could, make them a bit larger.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
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Very nice work, Eric.
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Nicely done Eric!
Did you do the upholstery also?
Mike
From the workshop under the staircase, Clinton Township, MI
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Very nice job. I think it's very pretty.
Bob O.
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Eric
Nice job, very nice job......
[OP]
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Thanks Dave. I tried to make the pics larger, but SMC says attachments can't be bigger than 107kb. Is there a way around this?Originally Posted by Dave Anderson NH
I'll try to get some more shots soon.
I did the upholstery myself. There is a good episode of the Woodrights Shop online at the pbs site that shows how it was done back in the day with horsehair. I essentially followed their methods, but used that modern horsehair we call foam.
Eric
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Hi Eric, It's often best to run the pix through a free photo editing program ( I use irfanview). You can manipulate the photo resolution level for web posting and still retain a decent size such as 480 x 600 which fills most screens. Somewhere in the tech support forum are a number of threds with instructions and suggestions.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
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