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- From: jeb26@cas.org (;A/nG)
- Subject: Re: Hey! Lets have a survey....
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:42:47 GMT
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- In article <WOODWORK%93012212041503@IPFWVM.BITNET> HUNTRESS GARY B <HUNTRESS@NPT.NUSC.NAVY.MIL> writes:
- >Ok, I'll start. I'm in the middle of constructing the Shaker wall
- >clock featured on NYW two seasons ago. If it comes out ok its
- >going to be a wedding gift.
- >
-
- Project(-2): bookshelves
- Project(-1): waterbed
- Project(+0): dining chairs. And I have a question that I'm sure the net can
- help me with. I worked up a model of my own design and was set to commit to
- it when I spied a rather attractive chair in #15 Woodsmith (May, '81).
- (Incidentally, the staff of Woodsmith numbered all of 5 back then.) For the
- seat the plan calls for 1/2" plywood scored with several shallow kerfs to
- permit the center to bend downward. The seat forms and retains this
- cupped shape by riding on correspondingly shaped streachers, front and
- rear. the seat is attached by means of an 'L' shaped clip which is
- bolted to the bottom of the seat and to the streacher. (I hope you can
- get the picture without forcing me into ascii drawing.)
-
- On top of the seat one is to place 1" foam and cotton batting, all covered with
- an appropriate fabric. additional pieces of narrower batting is to be placed
- in the center of the seat so that when the seat is attached to the streachers
- and cupped, the extra batting in the center will keep the fabric on an even
- horizontal plane.
-
- It just seems to me that I'm going to have a devil of a time getting the
- fabric to be taut and wrinkle free after first assembling the plywood/foam/
- batting with the plywood flat, and then bending it.
-
- I'm guessing that this seat technique is not uncommon and some of you have
- some pointers and advice.
-
- thanks, jim
-
- jeb26@cas.org
-