Show off my latest armchair. Used grey gum and spotted gum. Going for black and red colours in the finish. Like the look of burned streaks you see on tree's in the bush.
Whats new is the crest in particular. Which has been a shape I've been trying to get for quite a while. Which is exciting for me because its opening other possibilities.
And yes it looks weak, but it ant. Greygum and other similar eucalypts are some of the most dense timbers available, and with no runout they don't break even down to 8mm. I've had a friend in it whose over 150kg. And a lady who I suspect was heavier (but I couldn't really find a way to ask her how heavy she was without insult). Windsors with dense timbers are remarkably strong. The only failure comes if I overlook a runout in a back spindle. I have a technique to discover this, and even I missed one, its not going to kill anyone unless 3 or 4 go at once. I don't think anyone need to worry about those kinds of odds.
yes, it resembles other designs. Its a windsor chair design. But they aren't taken from another persons plan in particular. Certain profiles and shapes resemble other windsor chairs simply because, in my eye, as much as I try, can't be dropped because they look best. I've actually evolved the measurements of this design from trial and error over many design changes. When I first started I did take some dimensions from original windsor chair measured drawings, but soon dropped them anyway as I felt they didn't look right. I have a shelf load of templates that I had to figure out myself to show it. All techniques I've ultimately had to work out myself. If you look at my designs closely you will noticed differences immediately between my work and other windsor chair makers.
Used a ruby/yellow/blonde shellac finish. Going for black and red colours in the finish. Although, I've since stripped back the finish and done something else on some impulse, putting too much time into it.
Pictures aren't crash hot. sorry. :)
This post was created because I'm into woodwork. And thought it would be the ideal place to post since this is a forum full of woodworkers. I still don't know how to display my work without it looking like a show off. If your not into woodwork, and don't know me personally, shorely you must have something better to do with your time. Or is the urge to ear drop really that great ? (thats just an attempt to push away meddling noisy locals )
cheers
Jake
:)
Whats new is the crest in particular. Which has been a shape I've been trying to get for quite a while. Which is exciting for me because its opening other possibilities.
And yes it looks weak, but it ant. Greygum and other similar eucalypts are some of the most dense timbers available, and with no runout they don't break even down to 8mm. I've had a friend in it whose over 150kg. And a lady who I suspect was heavier (but I couldn't really find a way to ask her how heavy she was without insult). Windsors with dense timbers are remarkably strong. The only failure comes if I overlook a runout in a back spindle. I have a technique to discover this, and even I missed one, its not going to kill anyone unless 3 or 4 go at once. I don't think anyone need to worry about those kinds of odds.
yes, it resembles other designs. Its a windsor chair design. But they aren't taken from another persons plan in particular. Certain profiles and shapes resemble other windsor chairs simply because, in my eye, as much as I try, can't be dropped because they look best. I've actually evolved the measurements of this design from trial and error over many design changes. When I first started I did take some dimensions from original windsor chair measured drawings, but soon dropped them anyway as I felt they didn't look right. I have a shelf load of templates that I had to figure out myself to show it. All techniques I've ultimately had to work out myself. If you look at my designs closely you will noticed differences immediately between my work and other windsor chair makers.
Used a ruby/yellow/blonde shellac finish. Going for black and red colours in the finish. Although, I've since stripped back the finish and done something else on some impulse, putting too much time into it.
Pictures aren't crash hot. sorry. :)
This post was created because I'm into woodwork. And thought it would be the ideal place to post since this is a forum full of woodworkers. I still don't know how to display my work without it looking like a show off. If your not into woodwork, and don't know me personally, shorely you must have something better to do with your time. Or is the urge to ear drop really that great ? (thats just an attempt to push away meddling noisy locals )
cheers
Jake
:)
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