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How 2 tables and 12 chairs were created
- 1. How 2 tables and 12 chairs were created
- 2. This is a photographic essay of the creation of two dining room tables and 12 chairs from a chestnut tree cut down and milled by a client for her children.
- 3. The raw wood arriving at the shop.
- 4. Stacked and ready to be molded into furniture.
- 5. The raw wood has been planed and cut in the shop into lumber.
- 6. Next step is to build a mockup of the table and chairs out of pine.
- 7. Another angle of the proposed table.
- 8. Another view of the mockup of a chair and a table.
- 9. One table top is cut out but needs sanding.
- 10. Table bases are built
- 11. William is sanding one of the two tabletops.
- 12. This picture shows the beautiful grain in the wood after sanding.
- 13. Table base from a different angle.
- 14. The chair legs are now cut out for 12 chairs.
- 15. William showing off two parts of the chair back next to the mock up.
- 16. Chair parts ready to be glued together.
- 17. The chair parts being glued up one part at a time, one chair at a time. The work is tedious but the result is beautiful.
- 18. Now two back pieces are being glued in place.
- 19. Three pieces are glued into the back of the chair to create what is beginning to look like a chair back.
- 20. A chair back glued and in a vice to make a tight seal. This happens 12 times to make twelve chairs.
- 21. One chair back is complete.
- 22. William showing off a completed chair back.
- 23. A finished chair joint that shows the beautiful grain of the wood. Wait until the finish is on the wood to bring out the grain.
- 24. The completed chair front parts.
- 25. The completed chair backs ready to join with the chair fronts.
- 26. This picture shows the beautiful graceful curve of the chair back.
- 27. 5 of the chairs completed awaiting finish and then upholstery.
- 28. A close up of the completed chair. Look at the way the grain of the chair back is matched. The two table tops, two bases, and twelve chairs are now in the shop being finished.
- 29. The chairs are now complete waiting for their upholstery.
- 30. This is a close up of the grain of the wood. With the finish on it really shows off the grain quality.
- 31. This is the dining room table with four of the chairs set up in the paint shop. The wood takes on a beautiful glow when it has a finish.
- 32. One more view of the table and chairs.
- 33. We look forward to adding pictures of the chairs when they are upholstered. When the tables and chairs are in their new homes we’d love to add them to this photo album.